Y8 Construction Practice

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1) W rite down the letters o f a pair o f congruent shapes from the grid below

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2) Identify all pairs of congruent triangles. Note that the diagram is not drawn to scale.

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4) Construct the perpendicular bisector o f the line AB below

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5) Construct the angle bisector of angle ABC below

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6 ) C o n s t r u c t a p e r p e n d i c u la r t o A B a t th e p o i n t

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7) Construct a perpendicular from point c to AB

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8 ) C o n s t r u c t a t r i a n g l e A B C w i t h a b a s e l e n g t h A B =: 7 , 3 c m a n d s id e s A C 6 . 3 c m a n d B C = 6 . 3 c m a s
s h o w n in th e d ia g r a m b e lo w ,

M e a s u r e t h e p e r p e n d i c u la r h e i g h t o f y o u r c o n s t r u c t i o n f r o m t h e b a s e A B i n c e n t im e t r e s ( t o t h e n e a r e s t
m m ).

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9) C o n s t r u c t

t r ia n g le A B C w h e r e b a s e A B = 8 .1 c m , A C = 6 .9 c m a n d a n g le B A C = 4 2 a s s h o w n i n t h e

d ia g r a m b e l o w .

a ) M e a s u r e th e le n g t h B C o f y o u r c o n s t r u c t i o n , g i v i n g y o u r a n s w e r i n c e n t im e t r e s ( t o t h e n e a r e s t m m ) .
b ) M e a s u r e a n g le A B C o n y o u r c o n s t r u c t io n , g i v i n g y o u r a n s w e r to th e n e a r e s t d e g r e e .

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