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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 Figure Drag and drop into another application transforms to: *1
Point Ordered pair Yes
Line Segment, Infinite Line,
Ray
Linear equation Yes
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
created by animation
Matrix containing each vertex point No
Pairs of points related by a
transformation
Expression showing point relationship No
*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.
