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Entries Tagged as 'measurement'

Circle 360 degrees, but why 360!

August 21st, 2007 · No Comments

So have you ever wondered why there are 360 degrees in a circle? Or why there are 60 minutes in an hour? or 60 seconds in a minute? Seems rather weird doesn’t it. Well, don’t worry - it’s not an evil conspiracy.
Simple Answer: Blame the Babylonians (about 4000 years ago!) - they used the Sexagesimal [...]

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Latitude and Longitude

August 16th, 2007 · No Comments

http://www.professores.uff.br/hjbortol/arquivo/2006.1/applets/earth_en.html 
This website helps the understanding of the concepts of latitude and longitude and it allows the visualization of geographical elements over the Earth’s surface like meridians, parallels, poles, political divisions and the location of many countries’ capitals.

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Pythagoras

August 16th, 2007 · No Comments

Proof the theorem for yourself here with this great interactive site.
Learn more about Pythagoras here.
Looking for proofs of Pythagoras Theorem then head here, there’s heaps!

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