Provided by Dawn Williams WCMS
SIMILAR TRIANGLE POSTER In your groups, you will create a story problem involving indirect measurement (shadow question). You will also solve and explain your problem. Requirements: Write large Put names, date, period Write a story problem Draw the triangles Solve the problem and show your steps Explain how to solve your problem.
Katie Reames Todd Deputy Amy Smith Period 0 1/12/10 Similar Triangles To figure out the height of the building, you need to write a proportion based on similar sides. Then you solve the proportion by finding the cross products, and dividing my the coefficient with the variable. The solution is 100 m because the scale factor is 4, and the shadow is four times bigger than the height. A building casts a 400 meter shadow. You, standing at 2 meters tall, cast a 8 meter shadow. How tall is the building? 2 m 400 m 8 m