Copy of Triangle Side Angle Relationships Discovery

Discover the relationship between the sides and angles in one triangle:Use the arrow (move) tool to drag the vertices around the page.
1) [br]a. Make angle A the largest angle. What is the name of the segment that is the longest? _____[br]b. Make angle B the largest angle. What is the name of the segment that is the longest? _____[br]c. Make angle C the largest angle. What is the name of the segment that is the longest? _____[br][br]2) [br]a. Make angle A the smallest angle. What is the name of the segment that is the shortest? _____[br]b. Make angle B the smallest angle. What is the name of the segment that is the shortest? _____[br]c. Make angle C the smallest angle. What is the name of the segment that is the shortest? _____[br][br][br]3) Create a triangle such that AB is the smallest side, AC is the medium side and BC is the longest side. List the angles in order from least to greatest. _______________________________[br][br]4) [br]a. Make AB=AC. What do you notice about angle B and angle C? __________________________[br][br][br]5) Create a scalene triangle. Can a scalene triangle have two congruent angles? Explain.[br] [br][br]6) Explain why the hypotenuse must be the longest side of a right triangle.

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