Triangle Area (between parallel lines)
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- rwhismore
Move Point A to change the shape of the triangle, then answer the questions below.
Find the perimeter and area for three different triangles: acute, right and obtuse
Questions:
What kind of triangle creates the biggest perimeter?
What kind of triangle creates the smallest perimeter? Why?
What do you notice about the area of each triangle?
What is “the height of a triangle”? Be specific.