Abracadabra!

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A magician appears, holding a magic wand and a top hat.

This is the Amazing Euclid, a world famous shape magician. With his magic wand, he can transform any shape into any other shape! Let's see what he can do.

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A red triangle with the point facing up comes out of his hat. We see a magic spell and a puff of smoke, and a larger, green triangle with the point facing down appears out of the hat.

Look at this shape. A triangle! The Amazing Euclid will try to turn it into a new shape. Into the hat it goes, and with a wave of the magic wand, ta-da!

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Euclid frowns.

Hmm. It looks a little different: it's bigger, it's a different color, and it's upside down. But is it a new shape?

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The triangle goes off screen. Now, a yellow square comes out of the hat. After a magical flourish, the square reappears, but now it's smaller, pink, and rotated slightly.

No, it's still a triangle. I guess that trick didn't work. Let's try a new one. Here is a square. The Amazing Euclid works his magic, and Abracadabra! It's changed, but is it a new shape?

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Euclid frowns again. The square goes off screen.

Nope. It's smaller, and at a different angle, but it's still a square. Looks like the Amazing Euclid needs to keep practicing this trick.

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A cyan hexagon comes out of the hat. It stays on screen for a few seconds, then goes back in the hat. After the spell, the hexagon comes out larger, colored with a rainbow spectrum, and rotated slightly.

Let's try a hexagon-- a six-sided shape. I bet this time the Amazing Euclid can turn it into something new. Al-A-Kazaam!

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Euclid frowns.

Wow, that's really different. Did the trick work this time? Has the magician made a new shape?

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Euclid smiles again as we zoom in on him.

Sorry, not this time. Although it's a different size, rotation and color, it's still got six sides, and it's still a hexagon.

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Well, I guess changing a shape's size, color or orientation doesn't make it into a different shape, no matter how magical you are.