Interactive String Parabolas
ON-Math Fall 2002 | Volume 1, Number 1 | |
Interactive FiguresBelow are instructions for using the Interactive String Parabola applets as well as seven figures producing different string parabola designs.
Instructions to Use the Interactive Figures
Generating a Parabola
Parabola
Inscribing a Parabola at Each Vertex of a Triangle Using Half of the Corresponding
Side
Using the Medians of a Triangle to Form the Parabolas
Using Two Sides of a Triangle to Form a Parabola
Generating Two Parabolas on Opposite Vertices of a Square
Generating Four Parabolas on the Vertices of a Square
Parabola
(Paper Folding Method)
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