Mathematics | Course : Model Mathematics II (Integrated Pathway)
Domain - Similarity, Right Triangles, and Trigonometry
Cluster - Understand similarity in terms of similarity transformations.
[MII.G-SRT.A.3] - Use the properties of similarity transformations to establish the Angle-Angle (AA) criterion for two triangles to be similar.
- AA similarity
Angle-angle similarity. When two triangles have corresponding angles that are congruent, the triangles are similar. - Similarity transformation
A rigid motion followed by a dilation.
[MII.G-CO.C.10] -
Prove theorems about triangles. Theorems include: measures of interior angles of a triangle sum to 180°; base angles of isosceles triangles are congruent, and conversely prove a triangle is isosceles; the segment joining midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and half the length; the medians of a triangle meet at a point.
[MII.G-SRT.A.2] -
Given two figures, use the definition of similarity in terms of similarity transformations to decide if they are similar; explain using similarity transformations the meaning of similarity for triangles as the equality of all corresponding pairs of angles and the proportionality of all corresponding pairs of sides.
[MII.G-SRT.B.4] -
Prove theorems about triangles. Theorems include: a line parallel to one side of a triangle divides the other two proportionally, and conversely; the Pythagorean Theorem proved using triangle similarity.
[MII.G-SRT.B.5] -
Use congruence and similarity criteria for triangles to solve problems and to prove relationships in geometric figures.
[MII.G-SRT.C.6] -
Understand that by similarity, side ratios in right triangles are properties of the angles in the triangle, leading to definitions of trigonometric ratios for acute angles.