Irrational Constructions

What questions does the spiral construction prompt you to ask?
Exploring and noticing Working systematically Conjecturing and generalising Visualising and representing Reasoning, convincing and proving
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Problem

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Powerful Quadratics


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Take a look at the image below.

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Irrational Constructions


What do you make of it?

What questions might you ask yourself about this image?

Take a look at the hint to see the questions we thought of.

 

 

 

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