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MODULE 7
Congruence, Construction & Proof
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MODULE 7 - TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONGRUENCE, CONSTRUCTION AND PROOF
7.1 Under Construction – A Develop Understanding Task
Exploring compass and straightedge constructions to construct rhombuses and squares
(G.CO.12, G.CO.13)
READY, SET, GO Homework: Congruence, Construction and Proof 7.1
7.2 More Things Under Construction – A Develop Understanding Task
Exploring compass and straightedge constructions to construct parallelograms, equilateral triangles and
inscribed hexagons (G.CO.12, G.CO.13)
READY, SET, GO Homework: Congruence, Construction and Proof 7.2
7.3 Can You Get There From Here? – A Develop Understanding Task
Describing a sequence of transformations that will carry congruent images onto each other (G.CO.5)
READY, SET, GO Homework: Congruence, Construction and Proof 7.3
7.4 Congruent Triangles – A Solidify Understanding Task
Establishing the ASA, SAS and SSS criteria for congruent triangles (G.CO.6, G.CO.7, G.CO.8)
READY, SET, GO Homework: Congruence, Construction and Proof 7.4
7.5 Congruent Triangles to the Rescue – A Practice Understanding Task
Identifying congruent triangles and using them to justify claims (G.CO.7, G.CO.8)
READY, SET, GO Homework: Congruence, Construction and Proof 7.5
7.6 Justifying Constructions – A Solidify Understanding Task
Examining why compass and straightedge constructions produce the desired results (G.CO.12, G.CO.13)
READY, SET, GO Homework: Congruence, Construction and Proof 7.6
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7. 1 Under Construction
A Develop Understanding Task
Anciently,oneoftheonlytoolsbuildersandsurveyorshadforlayingoutaplotoflandorthefoundationofabuildingwasapieceofrope.
Therearetwogeometricfiguresyoucancreatewithapieceofrope:youcanpullittighttocreatealinesegment,oryoucanfixoneend,and—whileextendingtheropetoitsfulllength—traceoutacirclewiththeotherend.Geometricconstructionshavetraditionallymimickedthesetwoprocessesusinganunmarkedstraightedgetocreatealinesegmentandacompasstotraceoutacircle(orsometimesaportionofacirclecalledanarc).Usingonlythesetwotoolsyoucanconstructallkindsofgeometricshapes.
Supposeyouwanttoconstructarhombususingonlyacompassandstraightedge.Youmightbeginbydrawingalinesegmenttodefinethelengthofaside,anddrawinganotherrayfromoneoftheendpointsofthelinesegmenttodefineanangle,asinthefollowingsketch.
Nowthehardworkbegins.Wecan’tjustkeepdrawinglinesegments,becausewehavetobesurethatallfoursidesoftherhombusarethesamelength.Wehavetostopdrawingandstartconstructing.
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ConstructingarhombusKnowingwhatyouknowaboutcirclesandlinesegments,howmightyoulocatepointContherayinthediagramabovesothedistancefromBtoCisthesameasthedistancefromBtoA?
1. DescribehowyouwilllocatepointCandhowyouknow ,thenconstructpointConthediagramabove.
Nowthatwehavethreeofthefourverticesoftherhombus,weneedtolocatepointD,thefourthvertex.
2. DescribehowyouwilllocatepointDandhowyouknow ,thenconstructpointDonthediagramabove.
ConstructingaSquare(Arhombuswithrightangles)
Theonlydifferencebetweenconstructingarhombusandconstructingasquareisthatasquarecontainsrightangles.Therefore,weneedawaytoconstructperpendicularlinesusingonlyacompassandstraightedge.
Wewillbeginbyinventingawaytoconstructaperpendicularbisectorofalinesegment.
3. Given!"below,foldandcreasethepapersothatpointRisreflectedontopointS.Basedonthedefinitionofreflection,whatdoyouknowaboutthis“creaseline”?
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Youhave“constructed”aperpendicularbisectorof!"byusingapaper-foldingstrategy.Is
thereawaytoconstructthislineusingacompassandstraightedge?
4. Experimentwiththecompasstoseeifyoucandevelopastrategytolocatepointsonthe“creaseline”.Whenyouhavelocatedatleasttwopointsonthe“creaseline”usethestraightedgetofinishyourconstructionoftheperpendicularbisector.Describeyourstrategyforlocatingpointsontheperpendicularbisectorof!".
Nowthatyouhavecreatedalineperpendicularto!" wewillusetherightangleformedto
constructasquare.
5. Labelthemidpointof!" onthediagramaboveaspointM.Usingsegment!"asonesideofthesquare,andtherightangleformedbysegment!"andtheperpendicularlinedrawnthroughpointMasthebeginningofasquare.Finishconstructingthissquareonthediagramabove.(Hint:Rememberthatasquareisalsoarhombus,andyouhavealreadyconstructedarhombusinthefirstpartofthistask.)
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READY Topic:Toolsforconstructionandgeometricwork.
1.UsingyourcompassdrawseveralconcentriccirclesthathavepointAasacenterandthendrawthosesamesizedconcentriccirclesthathaveBasacenter.WhatdoyounoticeaboutwhereallthecircleswithcenterAintersectallthecorrespondingcircleswithcenterB?
2.Intheproblemaboveyouhavedemonstratedonewaytofindthemidpointofalinesegment.Explainanotherwaythatalinesegmentcanbebisectedwithouttheuseofcircles.
SET Topic:Constructionswithcompassandstraightedge.3.Bisecttheanglebelowdoitwithcompassandstraightedgeaswellaswithpaperfolding.
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4.Copythesegmentbelowusingconstructiontoolsofcompassandstraightedge,labeltheimageD’E’.5.Copytheanglebelowusingconstructiontoolofcompassandstraightedge.
6.ConstructarhombusonthesegmentABthatisgivenbelowandthathaspointAasavertex.Besuretocheckthatyourfinalfigureisarhombus.
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7.ConstructasquareonthesegmentCDthatisgivenbelow.Besuretocheckthatyourfinalfigureisasquare.8.Giventheequilateraltrianglebelow,findthecenterofrotationofthetriangleusingcompassandstraightedge.
GO Topic:SolvingsystemsofequationsSolveeachsystemofequations.Utilizesubstitution,elimination,graphingormatrices.
9. ! = 11 + !2! + ! = 19
10. −4! + 9! = 9! − 3! = −6
11. ! + 2! = 11! − 4! = 2
12. ! = −! + 1! = 2! + 1
13. ! = −2! + 7−3! + ! = −8
14. 4! − ! = 7−6! + 2! = 8
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7. 2 More Things Under
Construction
A Develop Understanding Task
Likearhombus,anequilateraltrianglehasthreecongruentsides.Showanddescribehow
youmightlocatethethirdvertexpointonanequilateraltriangle,given!"belowasonesideoftheequilateraltriangle.
ConstructingaParallelogram
Toconstructaparallelogramwewillneedtobeabletoconstructalineparalleltoagiven
linethroughagivenpoint.Forexample,supposewewanttoconstructalineparalleltosegment
!"throughpointConthediagrambelow.Sincewehaveobservedthatparallellineshavethesameslope,thelinethroughpointCwillbeparallelto!"onlyiftheangleformedbythelineand!"iscongruentto∠ABC.Canyoudescribeandillustrateastrategythatwillconstructananglewith
vertexatpointCandasideparallelto!"?
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ConstructingaHexagonInscribedinaCircle
Becauseregularpolygonshaverotationalsymmetry,theycanbeinscribedinacircle.The
circumscribedcirclehasitscenteratthecenterofrotationandpassesthroughalloftheverticesof
theregularpolygon.
Wemightbeginconstructingahexagonbynoticingthatahexagoncanbedecomposedinto
sixcongruentequilateraltriangles,formedbythreeofitslinesofsymmetry.
1. Sketchadiagramofsuchadecomposition.
2. Basedonyoursketch,whereisthecenterofthecirclethatwouldcircumscribethehexagon?
3. Thesixverticesofthehexagonlieonthecircleinwhichtheregularhexagonisinscribed.Thesixsidesofthehexagonarechordsofthecircle.Howarethelengthsofthesechordsrelatedtothelengthsoftheradiifromthecenterofthecircletotheverticesofthehexagon?Thatis,howdoyouknowthatthesixtrianglesformedbydrawingthethreelinesofsymmetryareequilateraltriangles?(Hint:Consideringanglesofrotation,canyouconvinceyourselfthatthesesixtrianglesareequiangular,andthereforeequilateral?)
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4. Basedonthisanalysisoftheregularhexagonanditscircumscribedcircle,illustrateanddescribeaprocessforconstructingahexagoninscribedinthecirclegivenbelow.
5. Modifyyourworkwiththehexagontoconstructanequilateraltriangleinscribedinthecirclegivenbelow.
6. Describehowyoumightconstructasquareinscribedinacircle.
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READY Topic:Transformationoflines,connectinggeometryandalgebra.Foreachsetoflinesusethepointsonthelinetodeterminewhichlineistheimageandwhichisthepre-image,writeimagebytheimagelineandpreimagebytheoriginalline.Thendefinethetransformationthatwasusedtocreatetheimage.Finallyfindtheequationforeachline.1. 2.
a.DescriptionofTransformation: a.DescriptionofTransformation:b.Equationforpre-image: b.Equationforpre-image:c.Equationforimage: c.Equationforimage:
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4.
a.DescriptionofTransformation: a.DescriptionofTransformation:b.Equationforpre-image: b.Equationforpre-image:c.Equationforimage: c.Equationforimage:
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SET Topic:Geometricconstructionswithcompassandstraightedge.
5.Constructaparallelogramgivensides!"and!"and∠ !"#.
6.Constructalineparallelto!"andthroughpointR.
7.GivensegmentAB showallpointsCsuchthatΔ ABC isanisoscelestriangle.8.GivensegmentAB showallpointsCsuchthatΔ ABC isarighttriangle.
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GO Topic:Creatingexplicitandrecursiverulesforvisualpatterns9.Findanexplicitfunctionruleandarecursiverulefordotsinstepn.
Step1 Step2 Step3
10.Findanexplicitfunctionruleandarecursiveruleforsquaresinstepn.
Step1 Step2 Step3
Findanexplicitfunctionruleandarecursiveruleforthevaluesineachtable.
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7. 3 Can You Get There From
Here?
A Develop Understanding Task
Thetwoquadrilateralsshownbelow,quadrilateralABCDandquadrilateralQRSTarecongruent,withcorrespondingcongruentpartsmarkedinthediagrams.
Describeasequenceofrigid-motiontransformationsthatwillcarryquadrilateralABCDontoquadrilateralQRST.Beveryspecificindescribingthesequenceandtypesoftransformationsyouwillusesothatsomeoneelsecouldperformthesameseriesoftransformations.
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READY Topic:Multipletransformations
Thegivenfiguresaretobeusedaspre-images.Performthestatedtransformationstoobtainanimage.Labelthecorrespondingpartsoftheimageinaccordancewiththepre-image.
1.ReflecttriangleABCovertheline! = !andlabeltheimageA’B’C’.
RotatetriangleA’B’C’1800counterclockwisearoundtheoriginandlabeltheimageA’’B’’C’’.
2.Reflectovertheline! = −!.
3.Reflectovery-axisandthen
Rotateclockwise900aroundP’.
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4.ReflectquadrilateralABCDovertheline
! = 2 + !andlabeltheimageA’B’C’D’.
RotatequadrilateralA’B’C’D’counter-clockwise900
around(-2,-3)asthecenterofrotationlabelthe
imageA’’B’’C’’D’’.
SET Topic:Findthesequenceoftransformations.
FindasequenceoftransformationsthatwillcarrytriangleRSTontotriangleR’S’T’.Clearlydescribethesequenceoftransformationsbeloweachgrid.
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GO Topic:Graphingsystemsoffunctionsandmakingcomparisons.
Grapheachpairoffunctionsandmakeanobservationabouthowthefunctionscomparetooneanother.
7.! = !
! ! − 1! = −3! − 1
8.! = − !
! ! + 5! = !
! ! + 5
9.! = !
! ! + 2! = − !
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10.! = 2!! = −2!
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7. 4 Congruent Triangles
A Solidify Understanding Task
Weknowthattwotrianglesarecongruentifallpairsofcorrespondingsidesarecongruent
andallpairsofcorrespondinganglesarecongruent.Wemaywonderifknowinglessinformation
aboutthetriangleswouldstillguaranteetheyarecongruent.
Forexample,wemaywonderifknowingthattwoanglesandtheincludedsideofone
trianglearecongruenttothecorrespondingtwoanglesandtheincludedsideofanothertriangle—a
setofcriteriawewillrefertoasASA—isenoughtoknowthatthetwotrianglesarecongruent.And,
ifwethinkthisisenoughinformation,howmightwejustifythatthiswouldbeso.
HereisadiagramillustratingASAcriteriafortriangles:
1. Basedonthediagram,whichanglesarecongruent?Whichsides?
2. Toconvinceourselvesthatthesetwotrianglesarecongruent,whatelsewouldweneedto
know?
3. Usetracingpapertofindasequenceoftransformationsthatwillshowwhetherornotthese
twotrianglesarecongruent.
4. Listyoursequenceoftransformationshere:
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Yoursequenceoftransformationsisenoughtoshowthatthesetwotrianglesarecongruent,
buthowcanweguaranteethatallpairsoftrianglesthatshareASAcriteriaarecongruent?
Perhapsyoursequenceoftransformationslookedlikethis:
• translatepointAuntilitcoincideswithpointR• rotate aboutpointRuntilitcoincideswith • reflectΔABCacross
Nowthequestionis,howdoweknowthatpointChastoland
onpointTafterthereflection,makingallofthesidesandanglescoincide?
5. AnswerthisquestionasbestyoucantojustifywhyASAcriteriaguaranteestwotrianglesarecongruent.Toanswerthisquestion,itmaybehelpfultothinkabouthowyouknowpointCcan’tlandanywhereelseintheplaneexceptontopofT.
Usingtracingpaper,experimentwiththeseadditionalpairsoftriangles.Trytodetermineif
youcanfindasequenceoftransformationsthatwillshowifthetrianglesarecongruent.Becareful,
theremaybesomethataren’t.Ifthetrianglesappeartobecongruentbasedonyour
experimentation,writeanargumenttoexplainhowyouknowthatthistypeofcriteriawillalways
work.Thatis,whatguaranteesthattheunmarkedsidesoranglesmustalsocoincide?
6. Givencriteria:__________ Arethetrianglescongruent?_________
Listyourtransformations Ifthetrianglesarecongruent,justifywhythisintheorderperformed: willalwaysbetruebasedonthiscriteria:
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7. Giveninformation:__________ Arethetrianglescongruent?_________
Listyourtransformations Ifthetrianglesarecongruent,justifywhythisintheorderperformed: willalwaysbetruebasedonthiscriteria:
8. Giveninformation:__________ Arethetrianglescongruent?_________
Listyourtransformations Ifthetrianglesarecongruent,justifywhythisintheorderperformed: willalwaysbetruebasedonthiscriteria:
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9. Giveninformation:__________ Arethetrianglescongruent?_________
Listyourtransformations Ifthetrianglesarecongruent,justifywhythisintheorderperformed: willalwaysbetruebasedonthiscriteria:
10. Basedontheseexperimentsandyourjustifications,whatcriteriaorconditionsseemtoguaranteethattwotriangleswillbecongruent?Listasmanycasesasyoucan.MakesureyouincludeASAfromthetrianglesweworkedwithfirst.
11. YourfriendwantstoaddAAStoyourlist,eventhoughyouhaven’texperimentedwiththis
particularcase.Whatdoyouthink?ShouldAASbeaddedornot?Whatconvincesyouthatyouarecorrect?
12. YourfriendalsowantstoaddHL(hypotenuse-leg)toyourlist,eventhoughyouhaven’t
experimentedwithrighttrianglesatall,andyouknowthatSSAdoesn’tworkingeneralfromproblem8.Whatdoyouthink?ShouldHLforrighttrianglesbeaddedornot?Whatconvincesyouthatyouarecorrect?
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READY Topic:Correspondingpartsoffiguresandtransformations.Giventhefiguresineachsketchwithcongruentanglesandsidesmarked,firstlistthepartsofthefiguresthatcorrespond(Forexample,in#1,∠ ! ≅ ∠!)Thendetermineifareflectionoccurredaspartofthesequenceoftransformationsthatwasusedtocreatetheimage.
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Congruencies
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Reflected?YesorNo
2.
Congruencies
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SET Topic:TriangleCongruenceExplainwhetherornotthetrianglesarecongruent,similar,orneitherbasedonthemarkingsthatindicatecongruence.
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5. 6.
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Usethegivencongruencestatementtodrawandlabeltwotrianglesthathavethepropercorrespondingpartscongruenttooneanother.
9.∆ !"# ≅ ∆ !"# 10.∆ !"# ≅ ∆ !"#
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GO Topic:Solvingequationsandfindingrecursiverulesforsequences.Solveeachequationfort.11.!!!!! = 5 12.10 − ! = 4! + 12 − 3!13.! = 5! − ! 14.!" − ! = 13! + !Usethegivensequenceofnumbertowritearecursiveruleforthenthvalueofthesequence.15.5,15,45,… 16. 1
2, 0, - 1
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17.3,-6,12,-24,… 18. 1
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7. 5 Congruent Triangles
to the Rescue
A Practice Understanding Task
Part1
ZacandSioneareexploringisoscelestriangles—trianglesinwhichtwosidesarecongruent:
Zac:Ithinkeveryisoscelestrianglehasalineofsymmetrythatpassesthroughthevertex
pointoftheanglemadeupbythetwocongruentsides,andthemidpointofthethirdside.
Sione:That’saprettybigclaim—tosayyouknowsomethingabouteveryisoscelestriangle.
Maybeyoujusthaven’tthoughtabouttheonesforwhichitisn’ttrue.
Zac:ButI’vefoldedlotsofisoscelestrianglesinhalf,anditalwaysseemstowork.
Sione:Lotsofisoscelestrianglesarenotallisoscelestriangles,soI’mstillnotsure.
1. WhatdoyouthinkaboutZac’sclaim?Doyouthinkeveryisoscelestrianglehasalineof
symmetry?Ifso,whatconvincesyouthisistrue?Ifnot,whatconcernsdoyouhaveabout
hisstatement?
2. WhatelsewouldZacneedtoknowaboutthecreaselinethroughinordertoknowthatitisa
lineofsymmetry?(Hint:Thinkaboutthedefinitionofalineofreflection.)
3. SionethinksZac’s“creaseline”(thelineformedbyfoldingtheisoscelestriangleinhalf)
createstwocongruenttrianglesinsidetheisoscelestriangle.Whichcriteria—ASA,SASor
SSS—couldheusetosupportthisclaim?Describethesidesand/oranglesyouthinkare
congruent,andexplainhowyouknowtheyarecongruent.
4. Ifthetwotrianglescreatedbyfoldinganisoscelestriangleinhalfarecongruent,whatdoes
thatimplyaboutthe“baseangles”ofanisoscelestriangle(thetwoanglesthatarenot
formedbythetwocongruentsides)?
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5. Ifthetwotrianglescreatedbyfoldinganisoscelestriangleinhalfarecongruent,whatdoes
thatimplyaboutthe“creaseline”?(Youmightbeabletomakeacoupleofclaimsaboutthis
line—oneclaimcomesfromfocusingonthelinewhereitmeetsthethird,non-congruent
sideofthetriangle;asecondclaimcomesfromfocusingonwherethelineintersectsthe
vertexangleformedbythetwocongruentsides.)
Part2
LikeZac,youhavedonesomeexperimentingwithlinesofsymmetry,aswellasrotational
symmetry.InthetasksSymmetriesofQuadrilateralsandQuadrilaterals—BeyondDefinitionyou
madesomeobservationsaboutsides,angles,anddiagonalsofvarioustypesofquadrilateralsbased
onyourexperimentsandknowledgeabouttransformations.Manyoftheseobservationscanbe
furtherjustifiedbasedonlookingforcongruenttrianglesandtheircorrespondingparts,justasZac
andSionedidintheirworkwithisoscelestriangles.
Pickoneofthefollowingquadrilateralstoexplore:
• Arectangleisaquadrilateralthatcontainsfourrightangles.
• Arhombusisaquadrilateralinwhichallsidesarecongruent.
• Asquareisbotharectangleandarhombus,thatis,itcontainsfourrightanglesandallsidesarecongruent
1. Drawanexampleofyourselectedquadrilateral,withitsdiagonals.Labeltheverticesofthe
quadrilateralA,B,C,andD,andlabelthepointofintersectionofthetwodiagonalsaspointN.
2. Basedon(1)yourdrawing,(2)thegivendefinitionofyourquadrilateral,and(3)information
aboutsidesandanglesthatyoucangatherbasedonlinesofreflectionandrotational
symmetry,listasmanypairsofcongruenttrianglesasyoucanfind.
3. Foreachpairofcongruenttrianglesyoulist,statethecriteriayouused—ASA,SASorSSS—to
determinethatthetwotrianglesarecongruent,andexplainhowyouknowthattheangles
and/orsidesrequiredbythecriteriaarecongruent(seethefollowingchart).
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CongruentTriangles
CriteriaUsed(ASA,SAS,SSS)
HowIknowthesidesand/oranglesrequiredbythecriteriaarecongruent
IfIsayΔRST≅ΔXYZ
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4. Nowthatyouhaveidentifiedsomecongruenttrianglesinyourdiagram,canyouusethe
congruenttrianglestojustifysomethingelseaboutthequadrilateral,suchas:
• thediagonalsbisecteachother
• thediagonalsarecongruent
• thediagonalsareperpendiculartoeachother
• thediagonalsbisecttheanglesofthequadrilateral
Pickoneofthebulletedstatementsyouthinkistrueaboutyourquadrilateralandtryto
writeanargumentthatwouldconvinceZacandSionethatthestatementistrue.
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READY Topic:Transformationsoflines,connectinggeometryandalgebra.Foreachsetoflinesusethepointsonthelinetodeterminewhichlineistheimageandwhichisthepre-image,writeimagebytheimagelineandpreimagebytheoriginalline.Thendefinethetransformationthatwasusedtocreatetheimage.Finallyfindtheequationforeachline.1.
2.
a.DescriptionofTransformation: a.DescriptionofTransformation:b.Equationforpre-image: b.Equationforpre-image:c.Equationforimage: c.Equationforimage:Useforproblems3thorugh5.
3.a.DescriptionofTransformation:b.Equationforpre-image:c.Equationforimage:4.Writeanequationforalinewiththesameslopethatgoesthroughtheorigin.5.WritetheequationofalineperpendiculartotheseandthoughthepointO’.
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Afterworkingwiththeseequationsandseeingthetransformationsonthecoordinategraphitisgoodtimingtoconsidersimilarworkwithtables.6.Matchthetableofvaluesbelowwiththeproperfunctionrule.I II III IV V
x f(x)-1 160 141 122 10
x f(x)-1 140 121 102 8
x f(x)-1 120 101 82 6
x f(x)-1 100 81 62 4
x f(x)-1 80 61 42 2
A.! ! = −! ! − ! + ! D.! ! = −! ! + ! + ! B.! ! = −! ! − ! + !" E.! ! = −! ! + ! + !" C.! ! = −! ! − ! + ! SET Topic:UseTriangleCongruenceCriteriatojustifyconjectures.Ineachproblembelowtherearesometruestatementslisted.Fromthesestatementsaconjecture(aguess)aboutwhatmightbetruehasbeenmade.Usingthegivenstatementsandconjecturestatementcreateanargumentthatjustifiestheconjecture.
7.Truestatements: PointMisthemidpointof!"∠!"# ≅ ∠!"#!" ≅ !"
Conjecture:∠A ≅∠C a.Istheconjecturecorrect?b.Argumenttoproveyouareright:
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8.Truestatements∠ !"# ≅ ∠ !"#!" ≅ !"
Conjecture:!"bisects∠ !"#a.Istheconjecturecorrect?b.Argumenttoproveyouareright:
9.Truestatements∆ !"#isa180°rotationof∆ !"#
Conjecture:∆ !"# ≅ ∆!"#a.Istheconjecturecorrect?b.Argumenttoproveyouareright:
GO Topic:Constructionswithcompassandstraightedge.10.Whydoweuseageometriccompasswhendoingconstructionsingeometry?
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Performtheindicatedconstructionsusingacompassandstraightedge.11.Constructarhombus,usesegmentABasonesideandangleAasoneoftheangles.12.ConstructalineparalleltolinePRandthroughthepointN.13.ConstructanequilateraltrianglewithsegmentRSasoneside.14.Constructaregularhexagoninscribedinthecircleprovided.15.ConstructaparallelogramusingCDasonesideandCEastheotherside.16.BisectthelinesegmentLM. 17.BisecttheangelRST.
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7. 6 Justifying Constructions
A Solidify Understanding Task
Compassandstraightedgeconstructionscanbejustifiedusingsuchtoolsas:
•thedefinitionsandpropertiesoftherigid-motiontransformations
•identifyingcorrespondingpartsofcongruenttriangles
•usingobservationsaboutsides,anglesanddiagonalsofspecialtypesofquadrilaterals
Studythestepsofthefollowingprocedureforconstructingananglebisector,andcompletethe
illustrationbasedonthedescriptionsofthesteps.
Steps Illustration Usingacompass,drawanarc(portionofacircle)thatintersectseachrayoftheangletobebisected,withthecenterofthearclocatedatthevertexoftheangle.
Withoutchangingthespanofthecompass,drawtwoarcsintheinterioroftheangle,withthecenterofthearcslocatedatthetwopointswherethefirstarcintersectedtheraysoftheangle.Withthestraightedge,drawarayfromthevertexoftheanglethroughthepointwherethelasttwoarcsintersect.
Explainindetailwhythisconstructionworks.Itmaybehelpfultoidentifysomecongruent
trianglesorafamiliarquadrilateralinthefinalillustration.Youmayalsowanttousedefinitionsor
propertiesoftherigid-motiontransformationsinyourexplanation.Bepreparedtoshareyour
explanationwithyourpeers.
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Studythestepsofthefollowingprocedureforconstructingalineperpendiculartoagivenline
throughagivenpoint,andcompletetheillustrationbasedonthedescriptionsofthesteps.
Steps IllustrationUsingacompass,drawanarc(portionofacircle)thatintersectsthegivenlineattwopoints,withthecenterofthearclocatedatthegivenpoint.
Withoutchangingthespanofthecompass,locateasecondpointontheothersideofthegivenline,bydrawingtwoarcsonthesamesideoftheline,withthecenterofthearcslocatedatthetwopointswherethefirstarcintersectedtheline.
Withthestraightedge,drawalinethroughthegivenpointandthepointwherethelasttwoarcsintersect.
Explainindetailwhythisconstructionworks.Itmaybehelpfultoidentifysomecongruent
trianglesorafamiliarquadrilateralinthefinalillustration.Youmayalsowanttousedefinitionsor
propertiesoftherigid-motiontransformationsinyourexplanation.Bepreparedtoshareyour
explanationwithyourpeers.
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Studythestepsofthefollowingprocedureforconstructingalineparalleltoagivenlinethrougha
givenpoint,andcompletetheillustrationbasedonthedescriptionsofthesteps.
Steps Illustration
Usingastraightedge,drawalinethroughthegivenpointtoformanarbitraryanglewiththegivenline.
Usingacompass,drawanarc(portionofacircle)thatintersectsbothraysoftheangleformed,withthecenterofthearclocatedatthepointwherethedrawnlineintersectsthegivenline.
Withoutchangingthespanofthecompass,drawasecondarconthesamesideofthedrawnline,centeredatthegivenpoint.Thesecondarcshouldbeaslongorlongerthanthefirstarc,andshouldintersectthedrawnline.
Setthespanofthecompasstomatchthedistancebetweenthetwopointswherethefirstarccrossesthetwolines.Withoutchangingthespanofthecompass,drawathirdarcthatintersectsthesecondarc,centeredatthepointwherethesecondarcintersectsthedrawnline.
Withthestraightedge,drawalinethroughthegivenpointandthepointwherethelasttwoarcsintersect.
Explainindetailwhythisconstructionworks.Itmaybehelpfultoidentifysomecongruent
trianglesorafamiliarquadrilateralinthefinalillustration.Youmayalsowanttousedefinitionsor
propertiesoftherigid-motiontransformationsinyourexplanation.Bepreparedtoshareyour
explanationwithyourpeers.
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READY Topic:Rotationalsymmetryinregularpolygonsandwithtransformations.1.Whatanglesofrotationalsymmetryarethereforaregularpentagon?2.Whatanglesofrotationalsymmetryarethereforaregularhexagon?3.Ifaregularpolygonhasanangleofrotationalsymmetrythatis400,howmanysidesdoesthepolygonhave?Oneachgivencoordinategridbelowperformtheindicatedtransformation.4.
ReflectpointPoverlinej.
5.
RotatepointP900clockwisearoundpointC.
j
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P
READY, SET, GO! Name PeriodDate
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SET Topic:UseTriangleCongruenceCriteriatojustifyconjectures.6.ConstructanisoscelestrianglethatincorporatesCD asoneofthesides.Constructthecircumscribedcirclearoundthetriangle.7.ConstructaregularhexagonthatincorporatesCD asoneofthesides.Constructthecircumscribedcirclearoundthehexagon.8.ConstructasquarethatincorporatesCD asoneofthesides.Constructthecircumscribedcirclearoundthesquare.
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GO Topic:FindingDistanceandSlope.Foreachpairofgivencoordinatepointsfinddistancebetweenthemandfindtheslopeofthelinethatpassesthroughthem.Showallyourwork.9.(-2,8),(3,-4) 10.(-7,-3),(1,5))a.Slope:b.Distance:
a.Slope:b.Distance:
11.(3,7),(-5,9) 12.(1,-5)(-7,1)a.Slope:b.Distance:
a.Slope:b.Distance:
13.(-10,31)(20,11) 14.(16,-45)(-34,75)a.Slope:b.Distance:
a.Slope:b.Distance:
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