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Section 6 Independent Practice - Student File
Section 6 Independent Practice - Student File
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
.
.
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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
. 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.
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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 .
______ ______
______ ______
______ ______
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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.
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.
______ ______
______ ______
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2. 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:
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 ,
,
.
.
. Given
. is the midpoint of
. .
. . Given
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3. Consider the following figure.
Based on the above figure and the information below, complete the
following two-column proof.
bisects
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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.
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.
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.
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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