HOPE Charter School Friday, March 13, 2009

2009 PSSA Boot Camp

PSSA Math Reporting Categories:

A Numbers and Operations
B Measurement
√ C Geometry
√ D Algebraic Concepts
E Data Analysis and Probability

SOLUTION
Name (legibly printed): _______________________________________________

Seminar (circle one): Ackerman Beals Capers Harvey Hickson

Instructions:
• Place your solution into box in front of main office by end of 4th period today.
• Winner will be announced during 6th period lunch today. Winner will be
randomly selected from all entries, but the answer must be correct and justified
(SHOW WORK OR EXPLAIN).
• Link with questions and solutions posted at http://hopecharter.blogspot.com

In the parallelogram

AB = 3 x − 4 Solution:
BC = x + 5
CD = 2 x + 10 From the definition of a parallelogram,
opposite sides are congruent, therefore
What is BC? AB = DC
3 x − 4 = 2 x + 10 − 2 x and + 4 to both sides
x = 14

We can substitute this value of x into BC

BC = x + 5
BC = 14 + 5
A 14 BC = 19
B 19
C 38
D 76