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Scavenger Hunt
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1. Using resources for the Sierpinski Triangle, determine with a general formula to predict the number of triangles for any iteration?
2. Who is considered to be the father of Fractals?
3. In Number 2, where was he or she born?
4. In the diagram all the triangles are equilateral. What fraction of triangle ABC is colored black?
5. What is the perimeter of the Koch snowflake you created in Step 6 after 4 iterations.?
6. Whose picture is next to Task 4?
7. What is the name of the fractal in the middle of the top of the WebQuest first Page? What is his full name, and what machine did he invent?
8. The Julia set is another very famous fractal, which happens to be very closely related to the Mandelbrot set. Who was it was named after?
9. Name two movies that used fractals to generate planets. Cite the website and page number where you found the information.
10. Name two famous artists known to use Fractals. Cite the website and page number where you found the information.
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