The truth will always come out. A short performance task has learners considering a witness statement given to a detective. They apply special line segments in triangles and Ceva's Theorem to prove that the witness is actually lying.

Concepts

triangles, triangle properties, altitude, median, angle bisectors

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the resource as an extension activity
  

Classroom Considerations

• Scholars must be familiar with the medians, altitudes, and angle bisectors of triangles
• Knowledge of Ceva's Theorem is necessary
  

Pros

• Resource is available in Word form, allowing for easy editing to fit class needs
• Diagrams are easy to interpret
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSG-CO.C.10