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Modern Geometry Inscribed Angles

This document provides an overview of topics to be covered in a modern geometry class. It includes announcements about upcoming exams and student presentations. It also outlines several teaching projects focused on the history of geometry, including works by Hippocrates, Euclid, Archimedes, and Heron. Finally, it previews content that will be covered, including inscribed angles, the inscribed semicircle corollary, problem solving techniques, and finding the area of a circle segment.

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Modern Geometry Inscribed Angles

This document provides an overview of topics to be covered in a modern geometry class. It includes announcements about upcoming exams and student presentations. It also outlines several teaching projects focused on the history of geometry, including works by Hippocrates, Euclid, Archimedes, and Heron. Finally, it previews content that will be covered, including inscribed angles, the inscribed semicircle corollary, problem solving techniques, and finding the area of a circle segment.

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MODERN

GEOMETRY

Sections 7.1,
7.2
Thompson

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Exam IV (Chapter 7)
Thursday 4/16
Teaching Presentations
Tuesday 4/21 & Thursday 4/23
Final Exam (Cumulative)
Thursday 5/7

TEACHING PROJECT
Hippocrates Quadrature of the Lune (440 B.C.)
Euclids Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem (300 B.C.)
Archimedes Determination of Circular Area (225 B.C.)
Herons Formula for Triangular Area (75 A.D)
A Gem from Isaac Newton (1665)

INSCRIBED ANGLES

INSCRIBED ANGLES
CONJECTURE
1.Construct Circle P
2.Construct inscribed angle RST
3.Construct central angle RPT
4.Find mRST
5.Find mRPT
6.Conjecture?

INSCRIBED ANGLES

THE STAR TREK


LEMMA

PROOF!

Conjecture: mRST = 2 mRPT

INSCRIBED SEMICIRCLE
COROLLARY

PROBLEM SOLVING

PROBLEM SOLVING

CIRCLE SEGMENT

CIRCLE SEGMENT
Find the
area of
the
segment

CIRCLE SEGMENT
1. Construct Circle P with radius
2in.
2. Construct central angle of 80
3. Find the area of the segment
produced.

CLASSWORK /
HOMEWORK
Page 369
1 4, 5 30 odd, 39, 43, 48, 57
Page 378
1 11 odd, 19 22

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