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Consider the following excerpt from The Geometry of Home Construction.
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| Truss Designs Excerpted from "The Geometry of Home Construction" by M. Schottenbauer, Ph.D. |
Discussion Questions
- Measure all the shaded angles in each diagram. Write the numbers on the diagram directly.
- For each diagram, make a table with all of the angles listed in order, from lowest to highest.
- For each diagram, calculate the: (a) maximum angle, (b) minimum angle, (c) average angle, (d) median angle, and (e) modal angle.
- Identify whether each angle is a right angle, acute, or obtuse.
- Which diagram has the most right angles? Acute angles? Obtuse angles?
- For each diagram, make a table listing the number of right, acute, and obtuse triangles.
- Which diagram has the most right triangles? Acute triangles? Obtuse triangles?
- Using a ruler, measure all line segments in each diagram. For each diagram, make a table, listing line segments from short to long.
- Which truss design is taller? Wider?
- Which truss design contains more triangles?
- Which truss design requires the most wood?
- For each triangle, calculate the area.
- For each diagram, make a table and list the areas from smallest to largest.
- Which diagram contains a larger shaded area?
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