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Solving Proportions and Ratios: A Jeopardy Challenge

Dive into this engaging Jeopardy-style challenge that tests your understanding of proportions, ratios, and triangle similarity. From solving equations involving written and oral report preferences to determining the heights of model lighthouses based on given dimensions, this activity sharpens your mathematical skills. Additionally, solve problems related to triangle side ratios and similar polygons, and justify your answers using theorems and postulates. Perfect for enhancing your problem-solving abilities in geometry!

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Solving Proportions and Ratios: A Jeopardy Challenge

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  1. Jeopardy

  2. Keepin’ it Even

  3. Squiggly?

  4. Now What?

  5. Can’t Touch This

  6. Sides, Altitudes, Medians Oh My

  7. Jeopardy

  8. Solve the following Proportion: 3 x - 2 _____ = _____ 4 20

  9. Given the choice between doing an oral and a written report, 18 of the 28 students chose to do an oral report. Find the ratio of written to oral reports.

  10. A model of a lighthouse has a diameter 8 inches and height 18 inches. If the actual diameter of the lighthouse is 20 feet, find its actual height.

  11. The three sides of a triangle are in the ratio 2:4:5. If the shortest side of the triangle is 4 meters long, find the perimeter.

  12. The ratio of the measures of the 3 sides of a triangle is 3:4:6. If the perimeter is 91, find the measures of the longest side.

  13. How do you justify that two polygons are similar?

  14. Are the polygons ABCD and EFGH similar?

  15. Name the theorem or postulate that could be used to prove that these triangles are similar.

  16. Determine whether . Justify your answer.

  17. Determine whether . Justify your answer.

  18. If , find the measure of C.

  19. If quadrilateral JKLM ~ quadrilateral WXYZ, JK = 15, LM 10, XY = 6, and WX = 6, and WX = 9, find KL.

  20. If triangle LMN ~ triangle RST, LN = 21, MN = 28, and the scale factor of triangle RST to triangle LMN is 4/3, find ST.

  21. If , then find LM.

  22. If , then find x.

  23. Find CE

  24. Find FH so that GH || DE.

  25. Find y so that MN || BC.

  26. Find x.

  27. Find x.

  28. If , find the perimeter of .

  29. If with altitudes AP and XQ. Find AP.

  30. Find x.

  31. Find y.

  32. In , AX bisects BAC.

  33. Final Jeopardy

  34. Missing Piece

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