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  1. The readers are invited to use applets, which were prepared for the lessons, or to create similar ones: https://www.geogebra.org/classic/fpuaceds; https://www.geogebra.org/classic/huvywfzq; https://www.geogebra.org/m/arq9frkj; https://www.geogebra.org/classic/gp4bpk2q.

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Palatnik, A. A pedagogical potential of one mathematical inaccuracy. Educ Stud Math 103, 121–124 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-019-09922-6

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