Reference Topics 7-6

The Golden Ratio is discussed at this site:
http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~demo5337/s97b/art.htm

The Golden Section in Nature is discussed at this site:
https://www.goldennumber.net/nature/

There are many sites that discuss the relationship between math and art (that is between perspective and projective geometry). You … See the whole entry

Reference Topics 7-1

Euclid’s Elements can be found at:
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/elements.html

These sites give some great examples of symmetry.
http://www.mcescher.com/?s=symmetry

Problem 1 presents an optical illusion. If you like this sort of problem you might enjoy checking out this site.
http://www.billiardworld.com/puzzles.html

You might be … See the whole entry

Reference Topics 6-2

Here is some practice factoring trinomials using FOIL.
http://www.mathwizz.com/algebra/help/help3.htm

Here is some practice factoring difference of squares:
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/specfact.htm

This excellent Khan Academy site give extra practice in factoring:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/polynomial-factorization/factoring-quadratics-1/e/factoring_polynomials_1See the whole entry