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 3. Are the following triangles similar? Justify your answer.

1. Consider the statement below:

Congruent triangles are always similar.

Which of the following statements is an example of the statement above?

Select all that apply.

Angles are the same, but sides are proportional to each other.
Sides are the same size.
4. Consider the following figure and proof.
A dilation of a scale factor .
Corresponding angles and corresponding sides are congruent.
A dilation of a scale factor of .

2. Determine if the two triangles are similar. If so, write a similarity statement
for the triangles. Justify your answer.

. Given

.
. Alternate Interior Angles
are Congruent

. Alternate Interior Angles

are Congruent

.
.

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5. Before rock climbing, Fernando, who is feet tall, wants to know how 7. Consider the following figure and proof.
high he will climb. He places a mirror on the ground and walks six feet
backwards until he can see the top of the cliff in the mirror.

and

Determine the similarity theorem or postulate that you can use to

determine the height of the cliff.

. Given

6. Determine what similarity postulate or theorem we can use to determine . Vertical Angles
the value of , the width of the river.

. Proportionality of Sides

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 3. The following triangles are not similar. Determine the ratio between
and . How could you change the measurement(s) to make them
similar?

1. Before rock climbing, Fernando, who is tall, wants to know how high
he will climb. He places a mirror on the ground and walks six feet
backwards until he can see the top of the cliff in the mirror.

If the mirror is feet from the cliff side, determine the height of the cliff.
4. Basketball star Mumford (a six-foot senior forward) places a mirror on the
ground from the base of a basketball goal. He walks backward four
feet until he can see the top of the goal, which he knows is feet tall.
Determine the how far the mirror is from the basketball goal. Justify your
answer.

2. Determine the width of the pond.

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5. A tall child is standing next to a flagpole. The child’s shadow is
long. At the same time, the shadow of the flagpole is long. How tall
is the flagpole?
1. Consider .

6. Consider the following figure and proof.

Write the three pairs of parallel segments in .

______ ______

______ ______

______ ______

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2. In , and are midpoints. Determine the lengths of each 3. In the diagram below, is located at , is located at , is
segment using the number bank. located at , and is located at . Assume that and
are midpoints.

Complete the following table.

Part A:

4. As an answer to a test, Monica sees the figure below and determines that
Part B: _
. Monica’s teacher marked it as incorrect. Determine the error in
Monica’s reasoning.
Part C:

Part D:

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5. Identify three pairs of parallel segments in each diagram and write the 7. Consider the following figure and proof.
pairs in the blanks.

bisects bisects bisects

______ ______

______ ______

______ ______

6. Determine the value of .

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 2. Determine the value of .

1. In , point is the midpoint of , point is the midpoint of , and

point is the midpoint of .

3. Consider the following figure.

Part A: Find the length of .

Part B: Determine the value of .

Part A: Determine the value of .

Part C: Find the value of .

Part B: Determine the value of .

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4. Determine the length across the river, , to the nearest hundredth.

1. Consider a triangle with the following side lengths and determine if the
triangle could exist. Justify your answer.

Part A:

Part B:

2. Consider the following figure.

5. The coordinates of the vertices of a triangle are , and

.

Part A: Determine the coordinate of the midpoint of .

Part B: Determine the coordinate of the midpoint of .

Determine which of the following statements must be true.

A
Part C: Prove that .
B
C
D

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3. Determine the range of possible values of . 5. Consider the following figure and proof.

is the midpoint of ,
,

Complete the two-column proof below

4. Find the range of possible values of .

. . Given

.
.

. Given
. is the midpoint of

. .

. Congruent segments have equal

.
length.

. . Given

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 3. Consider the following figure.

1. Consider the figures below. ; bisects

Based on the above figure and the information below, complete the
following two-column proof.

Abony used the above diagram to conclude that . Explain the

rationale behind Abony’s conclusion and justify whether or not her
conclusion is correct.

bisects

2. Consider the following figure.

Jazeel used the above diagram to conclude that . Explain the

rationale behind Jazeel’s conclusion and justify whether or not his
conclusion is correct.

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4. Consider the figure below. 5. Consider the figure below.

Part A: Based on the above figure and a given statement, Cassidy was
able to conclude that because of SAS. Determine
the given statement.

The above figure shows where is the midpoint of and is the

midpoint of .

Part A: Prove that .

Part B: Prove that both theoretically and by applying

transformations.

Part B: Prove algebraically that the area of is one-fourth the area of

.

Part C: Justify whether or not CPCTC can be used in a scenario like the
one presented in the above figure.

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 3. Ms. Calcutta, the owner of a business park, is adding a recycling station
for every three office buildings. To make it easier for the tenants, she is
going to use the circumcenter of the three office buildings to determine
1. Consider the figure below. the placement of the recycling stations. By doing this, it will be easier to
get to the station, because it will be equidistant from the three office
buildings.

Part A: Justify the rationale behind Ms. Calcutta’s decision to use the
circumcenter.

Part B: There is a garbage dumpster located exactly at the midpoint of

each pair of office buildings. Suppose there are sidewalks
connecting each office building to each other and to each
Dante argues that point is the circumcenter of the triangle. Determine if
recycling station. What is the relationship between the building-to-
Dante is correct and justify your answer.
building sidewalk and the station-to-dumpster sidewalk?

2. Consider the following figure and prove that the three angle bisectors of
the internal angles of are concurrent in point .

4. Consider the figure below and mark the line segments and angles that
are congruent, given that is the incenter of the triangle.

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 3. Describe the similarities and differences between the incenter of a triangle
and the centroid of a triangle.

1. Consider the figure below.

4. Consider the triangle below.

and are all medians of , and is the centroid. ,

, . Find and .

2. Describe the similarities and differences between the circumcenter of a Prove that is the centroid of .
triangle and the centroid of a triangle.

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