Properties of Geometric Figures
Students use analytic geometry to verify properties of polygons, such as triangles and quadrilaterals.
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Students use analytic geometry to verify properties of polygons, such as triangles and quadrilaterals.
Key Questions
- How can slope be used to prove lines are parallel or perpendicular?
- What properties define a right triangle or a parallelogram on a coordinate grid?
- How do we verify geometric theorems algebraically?
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