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Name: Date: Geometer’s Sketchpad: Defining Triangles 1) Open Sketchpad 2) Go to open and click on the w-drive so it looks like the figure below then click ok. 3) Then click on b6f2d~1.and if neccesary and hit ok and then under files on the left highlight classtri.gsp and click ok. 4) Put name on top of page. 5) Drag different vertices of each of the four triangles to observe and compare how the triangles behave. Q1: Which of the triangles seem the most flexible? Explain (Meaning: which triangle can you change all the angles?) Q2: Which of the triangles seems the least flexible? Explain. 6) Measure the angles in Triangle ABC. a. To measure an angle, select three points while holding the shift key, with the vertex your middle selection. Then, in the Measure menu, choose Angle. 7) Drag a vertex of Triangle ABC and observe the changing angle measures. To answer the following questions, note how each angle can change from being acute to being right or obtuse. Q3: How many acute angles can a triangle have? Q4: How many obtuse angels can a triangle have? Q5: Triangle ABC can be an obtuse triangle or an acute triangle. One other triangle in the sketch can also be either acute or obtuse. Which triangle is it? Q6: Which triangle is always a right triangle, no matter what you drag? Q7: Which triangle is always an equiangular triangle? 8) Measure the lengths of the three sides of triangle ABC. a. To measure a length, select the segment. Then, in the Measure menu, choose Length. 9) Drag a vertex of Triangle ABC and observe the changing side lengths. Q8: If none of the side lengths are equal, the triangle is a scalene triangle. If tow or more of the sides are equal in length, the triangle is isosceles. If all three sides are equal in length, it is equilateral. Which type of triangle is Triangle ABC most of the time? Q9: Name a triangle besides triangle ABC that is scale most of the time. (Measure if you like, but if you drag things around, you should be able to tell without measuring, just by looking.) Q10: Which triangle (or triangles) is (are) always isosceles? Q11: Which triangle is always equilateral? Q12: For items a-e below, state whether the triangle described is possible or not possible. To check whether each is possible, try manipulating, the triangle in the sketch to make on that fits the description. If its possible to make the triangle, sketch an example on a piece of paper. a) b) c) d) e) An obtuse isosceles triangle An acute right triangle An obtuse equiangular triangle An isosceles right triangle An acute scalene triangle Q13: Write a definition for each of these six terms: acute triangle, obtuse triangle, right triangle, scale triangle, isosceles triangle and equilateral triangle. Write definitions on sketchpad. SAVE this Sketch under the W-drive under Geometry 1 (For B-level) and Geometry 2 (For C-level). Name Sketch: TrCl_Initials.gsp *You must make sure you save with your own initials because if you do not your sketch made get erased** Explore more (if time): Open a new sketch using the triangle GSP from my website and see if you can come up with ways to construct a right triangle, an isosceles triangle and an equilateral triangle. Describe you methods. In the display menu, choose Show all Hidden to get an idea of how the triangles were constructed. Bennett, Dan (2002). Exploring Geometry: with Geometer’s Sketchpad. Emeryville, CA: Key Curriculum Press.