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Geometric Mean Investigation

Author
Subject Area
Math: Geometry: Triangles
Level
9-12
Activity Time
50 Minutes
TI Calculator
TI-Nspire CX series
TI-Nspire Version
2.1
Resource Types
Lessons
Format
TNS

Geometric Mean Investigation

Activity Overview

This activity will have students dynamically change the shape of a right triangle, collect data, and investigate the relationships between the altitude drawn to the hypotenuse and other segments in the triangle.

Before the Activity

The teacher should review how to find the arithmetic mean between two numbers. This will be compared to finding the geometric mean between two numbers after the activity.

During the Activity

The teacher will need to guide some students through finding the model for the scatterplot(s). One model uses y = sqrt(x) while the other uses y = x^2. The teacher may need to model and demonstrate how these are related to each other.

After the Activity

Have students complete finding the geometric mean from various problems sets on worksheets or in textbooks of your choosing.

Author
Subject Area
Math: Geometry: Triangles
Level
9-12
Activity Time
50 Minutes
TI Calculator
TI-Nspire CX series
TI-Nspire Version
2.1
Resource Types
Lessons
Format
TNS
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