Solving problems with similar and congruent triangles

The  exercise appears under the Geometry Math Mission. This exercise uses context driven problems to apply similar and congruent triangles

Types of Problems
There are two types of problems in this exercise:


 * 1) Use the information to analyze the situation: This problem provides a picture or situation that has embedded triangles. The student is asked to use the picture and answer a question that is based on it.Spwsact1.png
 * 2) Answer the applied problem: This problem provides a situational problem that requires knowledge of similar and congruent triangles to solve. The student is expected to find the correct answer to the problem and write it in the space provided.Spwsact2.png

Strategies
Knowledge of similar and congruent triangles is necessary to complete this exercise. Furthermore, experience with various real-life contexts is also needed.
 * 1) Some of the problems included are:
 * 2) Finding the cost of an object made of triangles
 * 3) Shooting pool or billiards
 * 4) Applications to art work and golden ratio

Real-life Applications

 * 1) Most of the problems in this particular exercise are set-up as real-life applications.