8-5 Using the Geometry Application with Other Applications

You can display the Geometry application from within the eActivity or Main application. This feature allows you to visualize the relationship between Algebra and Geometry. You can, for example, drag a figure from the Geometry window to the eActivity window to see its corresponding mathematical expression.

Drag and Drop

When you open Geometry within another application, you can drag and drop information between the two application windows. You can see an actual example ( 0242 ) of how this is done using the Main application in Chapter 2 of this manual.

The information that appears when you drop a figure into another application depends on the figure you are dragging. Many of the possible outcomes are listed in the table below.

Geometric FigureDrag and drop into another application transforms to:

*1

Point

Ordered pair

Yes

 

 

 

Line Segment, Infinite Line,

Linear equation

Yes

Ray

 

 

 

 

 

Vector

Ordered pair (head of vector, assuming the tail is at the origin)

No

 

 

 

Circle, Arc

Equation of a circle

Yes

 

 

 

Ellipse

Equation of an ellipse

Yes

 

 

 

Function ( y = f (x))

Equation of the function

Yes

 

 

 

Two Lines

System of equations

No

 

 

 

Polygon, or open polygon

Matrix containing each vertex point

No

created by animation

 

 

 

 

 

Pairs of points related by a

Expression showing point relationship

No

transformation

 

 

 

 

 

*1 Support for drag and drop into a Geometry Link row in an eActivity. For details about a Geometry Link row, see “Inserting a Geometry Link Row” on page 177.

Copy and Paste

In addition to drag and drop, you can also copy figures or columns from an animation table and paste them into another application.

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