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A direction is not a distance

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VISUAL EXAMINATION / LESSON OPENING

A direction is not a distance

The question is retained before an explanation is adopted.

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Mathematical constructions. A 4D hypercube is projected onto this flat page. [34,36]

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OBSERVATION TO BE CONSIDERED

The location of a point on a line requires one coordinate. Two independent coordinates locate a point on a plane.

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QUESTION TO BE CARRIED FORWARD

What changes when a new coordinate is introduced? What remains unchanged when an existing axis is merely extended?

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More length has been requested. Another dimension has not been supplied.

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2D / PLANE 3D / SOLID 4D / HYPERCUBE

x

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y

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90 degrees

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2 numbers: x, y 3 numbers: x, y, z 4 numbers: x, y, z, w

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