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While the article had little text to read, I spent a lengthy amount of time on working through the problems. It's great to use real-world examples and I understood what the problems were asking me to do. However, due to my lack of geometry skills, they were difficult for me to solve. I relied a great deal on The Geometer's Sketchpad (GSP) software. As I followed the steps listed in the article, I thought to myself, "I'm not seeing how this will lead to the answer." All of a sudden, the results appeared, and the problem was solved! Now as I compare myself to a student doing this for the first time, I know I would need the teacher to explain why these GSP directions give the solutions. Other than that, I thought the article was a great resource.