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Lesson Plan #31
Class: Geometry
Date: Friday November 8th, 2013
Topic: Properties of parallel lines (continued)
Aim: How do we use the properties of parallel lines?
Objectives:
Students will be able to use the properties of parallel lines.
HW #31:
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Recall the previously stated postulate “Through a
given point not on a given line, there exists one and
only one line parallel to the given line.”
Do Now:
Note:
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B
1) Construct a line through point R that is parallel to AB
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PROCEDURE:
Write the Aim and Do Now
Get students working!
Take attendance
Give Back HW
Collect HW
Go over the Do Now
Assignment #1:
1) Write the converse of the statement “If I live in New York City, then I live in New York State”
2) Write the converse of the statement “If two lines are cut by a transversal so that alternate interior angles are congruent, then
the two lines are parallel”
3) If a statement is true is the converse of that statement always true?
4) Is the converse of the statement in (2) true or false?
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Let’s see if we can prove the converse of the theorem “If two planar lines are cut by a transversal so that alternate interior angles
are congruent, then the two lines are parallel”, namely “If two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, then the
alternate interior angles formed are congruent.”
Given:
Prove:
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Let’s try a proof by contradiction:
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n
Plan: Assume
Then draw a line through the vertex of angle 4 so it that it forms an angle
congruent to
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this new line is parallel to line n. But we already had one line (m) parallel to the
given line (n) through a point not on the line.
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4
m
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But this contradicts our previously stated postulate which states through a point not
on a given line, there is one and only one line parallel to the given line.
Theorem: If two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, then the alternate interior angles
formed are congruent.
Theorems that are converses of other previously stated theorems (presented without proof)
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If two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, then the corresponding angles are congruent
If two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, then the two interior angles on the same side of the
transversal are supplementary
If a line is perpendicular to one of two parallel lines, it is perpendicular to the other.
Assignment #2:
Assignment #3:
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Assignment #4: In your groups, complete the sample test questions
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