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==Website interactives/ links/ simulations/ Geogebra Applets==
 
==Website interactives/ links/ simulations/ Geogebra Applets==
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[http://academic.sun.ac.za/mathed/malati/Files/Equity991.pdf'''more about quadratic equation''']
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[http://academic.sun.ac.za/mathed/malati/Files/Equity991.pdf '''more about quadratic equation''']
    
==Process (How to do the activity)==
 
==Process (How to do the activity)==
'''A gardener wants his garden to have an interesting geometrical appearance.
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'''A gardener wants his garden to have an interesting geometrical appearance.'''
He decides on the following rules for building the flowerbeds'''
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He decides on the following rules for building the flowerbeds
 
They must all be rectangular.
 
They must all be rectangular.
 
The perimeter and the area must be the same.
 
The perimeter and the area must be the same.
 
1. How many different flowerbeds can the gardener make if one of the sides is
 
1. How many different flowerbeds can the gardener make if one of the sides is
 
3 units less than the other side as shown in the diagram below:
 
3 units less than the other side as shown in the diagram below:
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*It also needs to be made explicit here that we are now dealing with an equation that
 
*It also needs to be made explicit here that we are now dealing with an equation that
 
involves a term with an unknown of the second degree.
 
involves a term with an unknown of the second degree.
Image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Roots_chart.png/220px-Roots_chart.png
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Image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Regular_polygon_4_annotated.svg/220px-Regular_polygon_4_annotated.svg.png
 
Image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Regular_polygon_4_annotated.svg/220px-Regular_polygon_4_annotated.svg.png
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==Activity Keywords==
 
==Activity Keywords==
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'''To link back to the concept page'''
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[[Category:Quadratic Equations]]
[[Topic Page Link]]
 

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