Lesson 8:

Trapezoids

 


Objectives:

1.  The student will discover that the median of any trapezoid is parallel to the bases and has a length equal to half the sum of the base lengths.

2.  The students will discover that base angles of an isosceles trapezoid are congruent.

3.  The student will discover that a segment joining the midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and half its length.

4.  The student will use these properties to find angle measures and lengths.


Trapezoid Activity


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