Anna D - Scribe Post, Oct. 30

Hey guys. :)
On Friday, we didn't have a DQ. The class was divided into groups based on which problems on the homework we didn't understand. This method has worked pretty well so far (at least for 3rd period). In our groups, we discussed our methods of approach regarding the problems we didn't get right or just didn't get at all. Some parts of the homework were pretty tough, but we got through them fairly well.

Our homework focused on similar figures and finding proportions with which to solve them. Similiar figures are geometric polygons that are the same shape, but aren't necessarily the same size. For example...


These two trapezoids are the same shape, but their sides aren't of equal measure.

There are several different ways triangles can be similar.
1) They are not the same size, but they do contain equal angle measurements.
2) A smaller triangle is made from an angle of the original triangle.
3) Their sides can be proportioned (this really goes for any similar figures).

#1:
The triangles aren't the same size, but they are the same shape and have the same angle measurements of the corresponding angles on the other triangles.

#2:

The section at the top of the triangle is similar to the full triangle.

#3: (This is pretty tiny and a little confusing, but I think you guys get the point already.)


That's similar figures for ya :) The next scribe is Noah.

Happy Halloween yall.