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Construction

A Develop Understanding Task

Likearhombus,anequilateraltrianglehasthreecongruentsides.Showanddescribehow

youmightlocatethethirdvertexpointonanequilateraltriangle,given!"belowasonesideoftheequilateraltriangle.

ConstructingaParallelogram

Toconstructaparallelogramwewillneedtobeabletoconstructalineparalleltoagiven

linethroughagivenpoint.Forexample,supposewewanttoconstructalineparalleltosegment

!"throughpointConthediagrambelow.Sincewehaveobservedthatparallellineshavethesameslope,thelinethroughpointCwillbeparallelto!"onlyiftheangleformedbythelineand!"iscongruentto∠ABC.Canyoudescribeandillustrateastrategythatwillconstructananglewith

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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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