Download Geometry Fall 2011 Lesson 17 (S.A.S. Postulate)

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Lesson Plan #47
Date: Monday December 19th, 2011
Class: Geometry
Topic: Similar Polygons
Aim: What are the properties of similar polygons?
Objectives:
1) Students will students will know that properties of polygons that are similar.
HW # 47:
Pg. 250 #’s 2-26 (Even number exercises only)
Do Now
1) The diagonals of an isosceles trapezoid
A) are congruent
b) bisect each other
C) are perpendicular
D) form 4 congruent angles.
2)
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What is the length of 𝑉𝐶
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A) 3.5
B) 7
C) 14
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D) 24
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D
3) If < 𝐵𝐷𝐸 ≅< 𝐵𝐴𝐶, prove that 𝐵𝐸: 𝐸𝐶 = 𝐵𝐷: 𝐷𝐴
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Reasons
PROCEDURE:
Write the Aim and Do Now
Get students working!
Take attendance
Give Back HW
Collect HW
Go over the Do Now
Assignment #1: Examine the two polygons at right. What can you state about the
two polygons?
Assignment #2: Examine the two pairs of polygons at below. How do these polygons compare to the pair in assignment #1?
What makes each pair of polygons in assignment #2 dissimilar?
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Definition: Two polygons are similar if their vertices can be paired so that
1) Corresponding angles are congruent
2) Corresponding sides are in proportion
The symbol for similarity is ~.
What is the ratio of the lengths of any two corresponding sides in the similar
polygons at right?
Definition: The ratio of similitude of two similar polygons is the ratio of the lengths of any two corresponding sides; sometimes
also referred to as the scale factor.
Question:
Is similarity of polygons an equivalence relation? Why?
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Online Interactive Activity: Let’s go to
http://www.mathopenref.com/similartriangles.html
Online Interactive Activity: Let’s go to
http://www.mathopenref.com/similaraaa.html
Theorem:
Two triangles are similar if two angles of one triangle are congruent to two corresponding angles of the other.
Example #1:
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Example #2:
Example #3:
Reasons
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Given: ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 and ∆𝐷𝐵𝐸 ̅̅̅̅
𝐷𝐸 ∥ 𝐴𝐶
Prove: ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶~∆𝐷𝐵𝐸
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Reasons
Theorem: A line that is parallel to one side of a triangle and intersects the other two sides in different points cuts off a triangle
similar to the given triangle.