Pythagorean Theorem
Right Triangles
Similar Triangles
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100

Write the Pythagorean theorem 

a^2+b^2=c^2

100

Given FG is parallel to BD, determine the scale factor, k, of the dilation with center E that takes B to F and D to G

k=3

100

True or false: All right triangles are similar. 

FALSE

100

Have each person in your table group write "I am smart" on your whiteboard. 

yes you are! 

200

Triangle ABC is right and has side lengths AB=3 and BC=5. BC is the hypotenuse. Find the missing side length CA

4

200

State whether this is a right triangle. 

Yup, sure is bud

200

Name all triangles similar to ABC

ADC and DCB

200

A triangle has side lengths, 8, 9, and 12. Is it a right triangle? 

NO!

300

The longest side of a right triangle is called the _________ and is always opposite the ____ angle

hypotenuse, right

300

Is the triangle below a right triangle? 

NO!

300

Angle-Angle similarity theorem: When _ _ _ angles of one triangle are congruent to _ _ _ angles of a second triangle, the two triangles will be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

two, two, similar

300

True or false: It is said that Pythagoras nd his friends killed a man over the existence of irrational numbers by luring him onto a boat and later pushing him into the sea. 

True

400

True/False: The Pythagorean theorem applies to all triangles.
Explain!

FALSE: the Pythagorean theorem applies only to RIGHT triangles

400

Find the value of x in the right triangle 

\sqrt63=3\sqrt7~~7.94

400

Two figures are similar if there is a sequence of _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _, and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ that takes one figure onto the second.  

Rigid Motions, Dilations

400

True or false: the Pythagorean theorem was first discovered by Pythagoras.

False. The earliest known evidence of humans being aware of the Pythagorean theorem comes from what is now Iran.

500

Find the value of a and b

a=4, b=2sqrt2

500

Find the missing values of CB and AD

CB=12, AD~~1.96

500

A 6 foot tall person stands, 8 feet from a mirror placed on the ground. Looking in the mirror, the person can see the top of the building. The mirror is 32 feet from the base of a building. What is the height of the building? 

24 feet

500

Draw this cryptid said to call the forests, hills, and mountains of the Pacific Northwest home.