1. Day 3 Segments and Their Measures
Intro to Geometry
Day 3
Segments and Their Measures

2. Consider the following map showing the route between Nashville, TN and Birmingham, AL:
Athens, AL is 101 miles south of Nashville and 95 miles north of Birmingham.
What is the distance from Nashville to Birmingham?
Leaving Nashville and heading to Birmingham, you make a pit stop after
72 miles. How many miles do you have left to drive?
If you drive the average speed limit (65 mph), how long will it take to get
from Nashville to Birmingham? (Disregard any time to stop)
You take the scenic route home which is 303 miles, but the average
speed limit is 75 mph. Which was the quickest route?

3. Segment Addition Postulate
If B is between A and C, then AB + BC = AC
If AB + BC = AC, then B is between A and C AC B C A AB BC

4. Example 1: Given line segments AD = 18, AC = 6, and
AB = BC, find the following lengths: BC BD
A B C D

5. Measuring Distance with a Ruler
On a piece of graph paper, consider the grids to represent city blocks and place two boxes to represent a school and a house. (Feel free to get creative)
Trade papers with a neighbor
Find the distance you would have to walk home if you stayed on the sidewalks (grids)
Find the distance you would walk if you cut through the yards directly from school to home. (diagonal)

6. Example 2: Find the length of the following line segments. KL LM

7. On the map, the city blocks are 410 feet apart east-west.
A. Find the walking distance between C & D
B. Find the diagonal distance between C & D
C(0, 740)
D(2050, -370)

8. Homework Pg
#24 – 34 even, 48, 50, 52

9. Distance Formula and Pythagorean Theorem Practice
Draw a coordinate plane. On it draw a diagonal line segment with endpoints on intersections of the grid paper. Label the endpoints.
Trade with a neighbor
Use either the distance formula or the Pythagorean theorem to find the length of the line