Webinars SET A - Grade 9-10 - Sunday@6-7pm EST-Recording Webinar 8

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This comprehensive lesson covers fundamental concepts in 2D geometry, focusing on length, area, and their relationships, with a preview of angles to be discussed next. The session begins with a problem involving a regular hexagon and circles at its vertices, illustrating how symmetry and polygon interior angle calculations can simplify finding perimeters involving arcs. Key geometry principles such as the Pythagorean theorem are revisited through a quadrilateral problem requiring drawing auxiliary lines and applying algebra with natural number side lengths.<br /><br />The lesson explores congruent triangles and conditions for congruency (SSS, SAS, ASA), demonstrated by a problem involving overlapping squares and finding the area of their intersection by proving triangle congruence. A powerful concept discussed is relating ratios of areas to ratios of corresponding side lengths within triangles, which is then applied to a complex problem involving points dividing a triangle’s sides and finding a smaller triangle’s area.<br /><br />Similar triangles are introduced, describing tests for similarity (SSS, SAS, AA) and the important idea that area scales with the square of the similarity ratio. Problems then apply these ideas to rectangles and squares partitioned by midpoints and parallel lines, illustrating how area ratios simplify calculations without requiring explicit lengths.<br /><br />Circles are discussed, emphasizing properties of radii, tangent lines, and inscribed angles (such as the right angle subtended by a diameter), and a problem involving two tangent circles inside a square uses right triangle properties and the Pythagorean theorem to find the sum of radii.<br /><br />Finally, 30-60-90 triangles are reviewed with length ratios, and a challenging problem with intersecting arcs on a square leverages these ratios and algebra to find segment lengths. Throughout, emphasis is placed on proving results from first principles, drawing auxiliary lines, and using algebraic reasoning combined with geometric intuition. The lesson encourages deep understanding over memorization, preparing students for advanced geometry and problem-solving contexts.

Keywords

2D geometry

length and area

regular hexagon

polygon interior angles

Pythagorean theorem

triangle congruence

area ratios

similar triangles

circle properties

30-60-90 triangles

geometric problem solving