GEOMETRY Unit 4

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3. Using your protractor, measure and record each of the interior and exterior angles of the triangles. Write down anything that interests, excites, or puzzles you.

EXTERIOR ANGLE THEOREM

Please do on loose-leaf paper using a protractor and straight edge. 1. On a separate sheet of paper, create four different types of triangles: one that is equiangular, one that is right, one that is obtuse, and one that is acute. Be sure to use your protractor and straight edge! 4. Looking at the angles measurements your recorded for each of the triangles, what do you notice about a) the sum of the interior angles:

2. Using your straight edge, continue the line segments of each triangle so that the exterior angles are measurable. For example:

b) the sum of the exterior angles

1 A B C 2 3

c) the sum of an interior angle and its adjacent exterior angle:

d) the measurement of any exterior angle compared to the sum of its non-adjacent interior angles:

-Why does this work?

YOU JUST DEMONSTRATED THE EXTERIOR ANGLE THEOREM! Record in your own words what the exterior angle theorem states (use your answer from part c):