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    The document discusses finding similar triangles using four given rod lengths (6, 4, 3, and 2 inches) and additional rods between 1 and 20 inches. The authors drew pairs of triangles with the given rods and additional matching rods. They realized triangles are similar if the sum of two shorter sides is greater than the longest side. The authors found one pair of similar triangles using rods of lengths 8, 6, 4 and 4, 3, 2. In total, they determined there are 6 possible similar triangle pairs.

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    LaurenBrown,BenGlenn

    2315
    Kneller

    SimilarTriangles

    Problem:
    Withfourrodsalreadygiven(6,4,3,and2incheslong)youhavetocreateasmanypairs
    ofsimilartrianglesasyoucanwithaddingrodsbetweenthemeasurementsof1and20inches
    long.Howmanysimilartrianglescanyoumakeusingallfouroriginalrodsandanyothertwo
    rodsbetweentheintegers1to20?

    Process:
    Whiletryingtounderstandtheoriginalproblemthefirstapproachthatwetookwas
    thinkingaboutwheretoputthefourrodsbetweenthetwotriangles,sothattheywouldstay
    similar.Westarteddrawing2triangleswithonlyhavingthe4givesidestomakethemsimilar.
    Wethenaddedanothersidetwobothtrianglesthatweresimilartoeachotherinthewaysthatthe
    othersidesweresimilar.Onekeyinsightorimportantunderstandingwehadonhowtosolve
    theproblemwasknowingthatthetriangleshadtohaveanequationofA+B>Cmeaningthe
    twoshortersidesaddedtogetherhadtobegreaterthanthelongestside.Anirritationthatwe
    foundwhileworkingonthisproblemisthatthetrianglescouldnotbesimilarbyadditionor
    subtraction.Althoughthetriangleslookedsimilarandtheanswerslinedupbyadditionor
    subtractiontheywerenottrulysimilartriangles.Howwebegantoorganizeourinformationwas
    bykeepingallofthepaperswithtrianglespairsthatworkedanddidntworkinourbindersso
    thateverytimeweworkedonfindingasolutionwecouldseethetrianglepairsandequations
    thatwealreadytriedthatdidanddidntwork.Thesimilarityintrianglesiswhentwotriangles
    appeartobethesameshapejustdifferentsizes.Tobesimilartheyhavetoshareallthesame
    anglesbutcandifferinsizeofthetriangleasawhole.Weknewthatthepairsoftriangleswe
    madeweresimilarbecausetheykeptthesameshapeandanglesastheygreworshrankinsize.

    Solution:
    Onepairofsimilartrianglesthatwefoundwas8,6,4and4,3,2.Thesetrianglesare
    similarbecausethetrianglesarestayingsimilarwiththesamemeasureofanglesasthetriangle
    isdecreasinginsizebythesidesbeingdividedby2.Theamountofsimilartrianglesthatyoucan
    possiblymakeis6.

    AdditionalProblems:

    Oneadditionalproblemthatcouldbemaderelatedtothisproblemishavingamore
    limitedsizevarietyoftheextrarodssothattherewouldbelessrodsthatvaryinlength.Another
    extendedproblemwouldbeonlyhaving3measurementstouseandanalreadygivenequation
    thathastobeusedtofindthesimilartriangle.Thelastextendedproblemcouldbefinding3
    groupsofsimilartriangleswith4alreadygivensidesinsteadofonlyfinding2.

    Evaluation:
    Ourfirstreactiontotheproblemwasthatitseemedeasy.Afterworkingonitforawhile
    wediscoveredthatitwasalittlemorechallengingthanwethoughtconsideringthatwehadto
    comeupwithasmanypairsaswecouldthatweresimilarineveryway.ThisPOWwas
    somewhateducationalbutatthesametimeitwasalotofonlycomparingsidesandfinding
    similaritieswhileusingeducationalequationsandnumbers.ThisPOWhelpedtoteachusabout
    howtrianglescanbesimilarandhowtomakeorknowiftwotrianglesaresimilar.Onewaythat
    thisproblemcouldbemadebetterisbymakingtheinstructionsmoreclearandbyaddingon
    anotherprocesstobecarriedoutafterfindingtwosimilartriangles.ThisPOWwassomewhat
    enjoyablebutwefeltthatitwasfrustratingalthoughthisPOWwasnottoochallengingortoo
    easy.Scoringourworkoutof25pointswethinkthatwedeservea24forourhardworkand
    effortandoursolutiontotheproblem.

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