Practice Problems with Triangles

Graphic 1

[b][color=#351c75][size=150]Study the image in Graphic 1. You should see two triangles. The vertices in each triangle are labeled with a capital letter. (A, B, C or D).[br][/size][/color][/b][size=150][b][color=#351c75]Use Graphic 1 to answer the first two questions. [/color][/b][/size]

[b][color=#134f5c][size=150]Which of the names below would not be correct when referring to triangle BDC?[/size][/color][/b]

[math]\Delta[/math]CAB [math]\Delta[/math]DCB [math]\Delta[/math] BCD [math]\Delta[/math]DBC

[b][size=150][color=#274e13]Which "leg" or side segment do triangle ABC and triangle BDC share?[/color][/size][/b]

segment DC segment AB segment BD segment BC

Graphic 2

[size=150][b][color=#0000ff]Study the image in Graphic 2. You should see a triangle with its vertices labeled A, B and C. [/color][/b][/size]

[size=150][b][color=#134f5c]In triangle ABC, what is the side opposite the vertex labeled A?[/color][/b][/size]

c a b

[size=150][b][color=#0b5394]In triangle ABC, what is the angle opposite the side labeled b?[/color][/b][/size]

C B A

[size=150][b][color=#134f5c]Which of the following is true about the angle labeled C in triangle ABC?[/color][/b][/size]

Angle C is an obtuse angle Angle C is a right angle Angle C is an acute angle

[size=150][b][color=#0b5394]How might we classify triangle ABC?[/color][/b][/size]

triangle ABC is an obtuse triangle triangle ABC is a right triangle triangle ABC is a scalene triangle triangle ABC is an equilateral triangle

[b][size=200][color=#ff0000]Closed Curve, Polygon, Triangle[br][size=100][size=150]For each figure, determine if it classified as a closed curve, polygon, triangle, or none of the above. Each may have more than one answ[/size][/size][size=150]er.[/size][br][/color][/size][/b]