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2.7.

4 Practice: Modeling: Similarity Theorems Practice


Geometry Sem 1 Name: Halston Cohen
Date: 7/28/24

YOUR ASSIGNMENT: About Face!

Your Peak of Choice

Your friend Tyler is preparing to climb a rock face and wants to figure out how far he
will need to climb to reach one of three different peaks. You remember a trick you
can use to help him out. You realize that if you place a small mirror on the ground
and move it to where Tyler can see the reflection of the peak in the mirror, then the
angles from the mirror to Tyler and from the mirror to the peak are congruent.

Use what you have learned about triangles, the mirror, Tyler, and the peak to find the
height of the peak.

Defining Your Triangles

1. Which peak did you select? (1 point)

Tyler will climb peak ___B_______.

2. In the drawing below, label the distances given for the peak you chose. (3 points: 1
point for each correct distance)

because of the picture some of the labels are off their mark, sorry
P T

6 ft

B 20in M 1 ft 8 in

3. According to the information given, what can you determine about the triangles
formed by Tyler, the mirror, and the peak? How do you know the relationship between
the two triangles? (4 points: 2 points for correctly describing the triangles, 2 points
for the explanation)

Using the AA similarity criterion, the two triangles are similar because, as shown in
the picture, they both have a 90-degree angle and share another congruent angle.
This demonstrates that they are similar, as both triangles are right triangles.

4. To find the height of the peak, list the corresponding sides and angles of the two
triangles you and Tyler have created. (6 points: 1 point for each pair of sides or
angles)
Corresponding sides Corresponding angles

PB and TF < PBM and < TFM

BM and FM < PMB and < TMF

PM and TM < BPM and < FTM

Finding the Height

5. Which segment of the triangle will give you the height of your peak? Write the
equation for the proportion that will allow you to find the height. (2 points: 1 point for
identifying the correct segment, 1 point for the correct equation)

PB is the height of the peak


6. Use your equation to find how high Tyler will have to climb to scale the peak. (4
points: 2 points for correctly substituting values, 2 points for the correct height)

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