In this activity Using the USATODAY infograph, "Ballooning inside the box", students will explore geometric relationships using similar triangles. Identifying triangles with two pairs of congruent angles to explore similarity properties of the triangles is an essential part of this activity. Students will learn what happens to the ratios of corresponding sides of a variety of similar triangles. [Requires Adobe Reader.]

Concepts

congruent angles, ratios, similar triangles

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Additional Tags

math today ballooning inside the box, ti, texas instruments, triangle

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

HSG-SRT.A.2 HSG-SRT.C.6 HSG-SRT.B.5 HSG-SRT.C.7 HSG-SRT.A.3