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8-1. PINWHEELS AND POLYGONS Inez loves pinwheels. One day in class, she noticed that if she put three congruent triangles together so that one set of corresponding angles are adjacent, she could make a shape that looks like a pinwheel. a. Can you determine any of the angles of her triangles? Explain how you found your answer. b. The overall shape (outline) of Inez’s pinwheel is shown below. How many sides does it have? What is another name for this shape? 8-2. Inez is very excited. She wants to know if you can build a pinwheel using any angle of her triangle. Work with your team to build pinwheels and polygons by placing different corresponding angles together at the center. Create pinwheels using the Pinwheel 123 Student eTool (GeoGebra). Alternatively, use both the Pinwheel ABC Student eTool (GeoGebra) and the Pinwheel DEF Student eTool (GeoGebra). Work together to determine which congruent triangles can build a pinwheel (or polygon) when corresponding angles are placed together at the center. For each successful pinwheel, answer the questions below. How many triangles did it take to build the pinwheel? Is the shape familiar? Does it have a name? If so, what is it? c. Explain why one triangle may be able to create a pinwheel or polygon while another triangle cannot. d. Jorge has a triangle with angle measures 32°, 40°, and 108°. Will this triangle be able to form a pinwheel? Explain. 8-4. Jasmine wants to create a pinwheel with equilateral triangles. How many equilateral triangles will she need? Explain how you know. . What is the name for the polygon she created? 8-5. When corresponding angles are placed together, why do some triangles form convex polygons while others result in non-convex polygons? Consider this as you answer the following questions. . Carlisle wants to build a convex polygon using congruent triangles. He wants to select one of the triangles below to use. Which triangle(s) will build a convex polygon if multiple congruent triangles are placed together so that they share a common vertex and do not overlap? Explain how you know. a. For each triangle from part (a) that creates a convex polygon, how many sides would the polygon have? What name is most appropriate for the polygon?