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Crossword Puzzle for Triangle Similarity
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The terms of a proportion that lie at the ends of
the proportion when written in double-dot form
are called the _____.
The longest side of a triangle is always opposite
the biggest _____.
To simplify a radical expression, we begin by
performing a _____ factorization of the
radicand.
4.
The ____ angle of a triangle is always
bigger than either remote interior angle.
1.
5.
In a proportion of form a : x = x : b , x is
the __(2 words)__ of a and b.
2.
9.
The assertion that A = B or A < B or
A > B is a statement of the ____.
3.
13.
Similar triangles are extremely useful in
helping us to find the measures of ____
distances.
6.
The assertion that three ratios are equal is
called a(n) __(two words)__.
15.
The _____ theorem asserts that if two sides
of one triangle are congruent to two sides
of a second triangle and the included angle
of the first triangle is bigger than the
included angle of the second, then the
third side of the first triangle is longer
than the third side of the second.
7.
The _____ of two similar triangles are
proportional to the ratio of the corresponding
sides,
17.
A comparison of two or more whole
numbers in fraction or double dot form is
called a(n) ____.
8.
We can know that two triangles are similar if
____ angles of one triangle are congruent to
____ angles of the second triangle.
19.
We can know that two triangles are similar
if ____ sides of one triangle are
proportional to the corresponding ____
sides of the second triangle.
10.
Two triangles are similar if two pair of
corresponding sides are proportional and the
corresponding included angles are ____.
20.
The constant ratio of proportionality
between the corresponding sides of similar
polygons is called the __(two words___.
11.
The _____ of two similar triangles are
proportional to the ratio of the corresponding
sides.
22.
If a line parallel to one side of a triangle
intersects the other two sides, then it cuts
off ____ on those two sides.
12.
The number under the radical ( number ) is
called the ____.
23.
If a two-dimensional figure changes to
produce a similar figure that is larger or
smaller than the original figure, then we
say that the figure has undergone a(n)
_____.
14.
In the expression
number , the small raised
number (n) is called the ____ of the radical.
24.
The altitudes of two similar triangles are
_____ to the corresponding sides of the
triangles.
16.
An indirect proof progresses until we reach a(n)
____ of a given or a known fact.
25.
Two polygons are said to be __(two words__
if and only if all of their corresponding
angles are congruent and all of their sides
are proportional.
18.
The product of the extremes is equal to the
product of the ____.
26.
We begin an indirect proof by temporarily
assuming the negation of the ____.
21.
If a ray _____ an angle of a triangle then it
divides the opposite side into segments
proportional to the other two sides of the
triangle.
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Crossword Puzzle for Triangle Similarity
Word List
ANGLE
BISECTS
CONCLUSION
CONGRUENT
CONTRADICTION
DILATION
EXTENDED PROPORTION
EXTERIOR
EXTREMES
GEOMETRIC MEAN
HINGE
INACCESSIBLE
INDEX
MEANS
MEDIANS
MEDIANS AND ALTITUDES
PRIME
PROPORTIONAL
PROPORTIONAL SEGMENTS
RADICAND
RATIO
SCALE FACTOR
SIMILAR POLYGONS
THREE
TRICHOTOMY LAW
TWO
Similar Triangles
by Reginald W. Noland, Jr
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