ACTIVITY SHEETS FOR LOCALIZED PROBLEMS

NAME: _____________________________________________ SCORE: ___

ACTIVITY SHEETS NO.____

DIRECTIONS: Answer the following problems using the Exterior Angle Inequality Theorem,
Triangle Inequality Theorem, and Hinge Theorem and its converse.

1. Given the map below, the locations form a triangle. Nicole, a student of Alaminos City
National High School, is at home while Louis, her classmate is at school. In this situation,
answer the questions that follow.

Alaminos City
National High
School
A

T H
M
Home St. Joseph the Patriarch Nepo Market
Cathedral Church

Questions:
a) What is the measure of ∠T?
b) Who is farther from St. Joseph the Patriarch Cathedral Church given their locations,
Nicole or Louis? What triangle inequality theorem is applied in this situation?
c) Nicole requested Louis to pick her up in going to St. Joseph the Patriarch Cathedral
Church. Will Louis be able to travel the shortest path to go to St. Joseph the Patriarch
Cathedral Church given Nicole’s request? What triangle inequality theorem is applied in
this situation?
d) Given the same time started and same rate of walking, who among the two can arrive at
the Nepo Market first?
2. Based on the diagram below, which car is farther away from gasoline station? Justify
your answer.
 Gasoline Station

3. Who’s Lying? Show your solutions.

Student A: “I formed a triangle with side lengths 7, 4, and 14”.
Student B: “I formed a triangle with side lengths 16, 9, and 8”.