Polygons and Algebraic Relationships

Lesson 7

Math

Unit 5

10th Grade

Lesson 7 of 15

Objective


Algebraically verify midsegment, median, and parallel line relationships in triangles.

Common Core Standards


Core Standards

  • G.CO.C.10 — Prove theorems about triangles. Theorems include: measures of interior angles of a triangle sum to 180°; base angles of isosceles triangles are congruent; the segment joining midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and half the length; the medians of a triangle meet at a point.
  • G.SRT.B.4 — Prove theorems about triangles. Theorems include: a line parallel to one side of a triangle divides the other two proportionally, and conversely; the Pythagorean Theorem proved using triangle similarity.

Foundational Standards

  • G.CO.C.9

Criteria for Success


  1. Draw a line segment defined by two points a proportional distance from the vertex. Verify that this line is parallel.
  2. Draw a line parallel to one side of a triangle. Verify that this line divides the other two sides of the triangle into proportional parts.
  3. Describe the relationship algebraically between the midsegment of a triangle and the side it does not intersect.
  4. Describe proportional relationships between the point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle and the vertices of that triangle.

Tips for Teachers


This lesson connects to Unit 3 Lesson 6 because it deals with properties of triangles that were developed off the coordinate plane using proof. This lesson will expand the knowledge of these properties and work with them on the coordinate plane.

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Anchor Problems

25-30 minutes


Problem 1

Given triangle $${JKL}$$,

  1. Draw a segment parallel to $${\overline{JK}}$$ called $${\overline{MN}}$$ joining two points of sides $${\overline{JL}}$$ and $${\overline{KL}}$$.
  2. What do you notice about $${\overline{KN}}$$, $${\overline{NL}}$$, $${\overline{JM}}$$,and $${\overline{ML}}$$? Is this relationship always true if you have a line parallel to one side of a triangle? 

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Problem 2

Given triangle $${DEF}$$,

  1. Find the midpoints of $${\overline{DE}}$$ and $${\overline{DF}}$$, called $$G$$ and $$H$$, respectively.
  2. What do you notice about the relationship between $$\overline{GH}$$ and $${\overline{EF}}$$
  3. Prove the relationship you found in part (c).

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Problem 3

Below is triangle $${ABC}$$ with midpoints $$D$$$$E$$, and $$F$$.

 

Draw a line segment from each midpoint to the opposite vertex. Mark a point that is $${{2\over3}}$$ of the distance between the midpoint and the opposite vertex, closer to the midpoint. What do you notice? 

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References

GeoGebra Explorations of Medians & Centroid of a Triangle

Explorations of Medians & Centroid of a Triangle by Kim Kembitzky and Tim Brzezinski is made available by GeoGebra under the CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license. Copyright © International GeoGebra Institute, 2013. Accessed June 1, 2018, 4:48 p.m..

Target Task

5-10 minutes


Triangle $${ABC}$$ has vertices $${A(3,3)}$$, $${B(7,9)}$$, and $${C(11,3)}$$. Determine the point of intersection of the medians and state its coordinates.

References

JMAP G.CO.C.10: Centroid, Orthocenter, Incenter and CircumcenterQuestion #10

G.CO.C.10: Centroid, Orthocenter, Incenter and Circumcenter is made available on JMAP by Steve Sibol and Steve Watson. Copyright © 2017  JMAP, Inc. - All rights reserved. Accessed May 31, 2018, 2:29 p.m..

Additional Practice


The following resources include problems and activities aligned to the objective of the lesson that can be used for additional practice or to create your own problem set.

  • Include problems where students explore the relationships with medians of isosceles and equilateral triangles. 

Next

Algebraically verify diagonal relationships in quadrilaterals and parallelograms.

Lesson 8
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Lesson Map

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Topic A: Distance on the Coordinate Plane

Topic B: Classify Polygons using Slope Criteria and Proportional Line Segments

Topic C: Area and Perimeter On and Off the Coordinate Plane

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