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Objectives

  • Students practice applying the Pythagorean Theorem to find lengths of right triangles in two dimensions.
  • Students illuminate the converse of the Pythagorean Theorem through computation of examples and counterexamples.
  • Students apply the theorem and its converse to solve problems.

Prior Knowledge

  • TrianglesPythagoras Theoram
  • GeometrySimilarity
45 mins 8.G.B.7 8.G.B.6
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