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Special Segments in Triangles

Subject Area
Math: Geometry: Triangles
Level
9-12
Activity Time
45 Minutes
Software
TI Connect™ CE
TI Calculator
TI-84 series
Resource Types
Lessons

Special Segments in Triangles

Activity Overview

Students will construct and explore medians, altitudes, angle bisectors, and perpendicular bisectors of triangles. They then drag the vertices to see where the intersections of the segments lie in relation to the triangle, and they measure distances to identify relationships.

Subject Area
Math: Geometry: Triangles
Level
9-12
Activity Time
45 Minutes
Software
TI Connect™ CE
TI Calculator
TI-84 series
Resource Types
Lessons
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