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Observations and Conjectures

Experiment with your dynamic fractal tree. Make conjectures about it. Use the questions below as springboards for investigation when you run out of ideas.

1. What happens when the factor of dilation is greater than one?

2. What special angles do you notice?

3. Is it possible to tile the plane with this tree?

4. What determines whether the branches of the tree touch each other or cross each other?

You can explore more about fractals on the next page

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