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Illustrative Mathematics: G C Locating Warehouse
You have been asked to place a warehouse so that it is an equal distance from three roads on a map. Students must fold a paper so that this point is where two folds intersect, and they must explain why their construction works and why...
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Illustrative Mathematics: G C Placing a Fire Hydrant
You have been asked to place a fire hydrant so that it is an equal distance from three locations on a map. Students must fold a paper so that this point is where two folds intersect, and they must explain why their construction works and...
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Illustrative Mathematics: G C Inscribing a Triangle in a Circle
This problem introduces the circumcenter of a triangle and shows how it can be used to inscribe the triangle in a circle. It also shows that there cannot be more than one circumcenter. Aligns with G-C.A.3.
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Illustrative Mathematics: G C Circumcenter of a Triangle
The goal of this task is to construct the circumcenter of a triangle, that is, the point which is the same distance from each of the triangle's three vertices. This task shows that the three perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a...
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Illustrative Mathematics: g.c Inscribing a Circle in a Triangle Ii
This task focuses on a fact which comes out of the construction of the inscribed circle in a triangle: the angle bisectors of the three angles of triangle ABC all meet in a point. Aligns with G-C.A.3.
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Illustrative Mathematics: g.c Inscribing a Circle in a Triangle I
The goal of this task is to show how to draw a circle which is tangent to all three sides of a given triangle: that is, the circle touches each side of the triangle in a single point. Aligns with G-C.A.3.