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    The students found a stone from a semicircular arch and tried to determine how many stones were originally in the arch. Two students, Trey and Serena, made conjectures - Trey believed there were more than 9 stones, while Serena believed there were 9 stones. By analyzing the angles of the trapezoidal stone and drawing the arch configurations proposed by the students, it was determined that Serena's theory of 9 stones was incorrect. Working backwards, it was calculated that there were originally 15 stones in the arch based on the measured angles of the trapezoidal stone fragment.

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    The students found a stone from a semicircular arch and tried to determine how many stones were originally in the arch. Two students, Trey and Serena, made conjectures - Trey believed there were more than 9 stones, while Serena believed there were 9 stones. By analyzing the angles of the trapezoidal stone and drawing the arch configurations proposed by the students, it was determined that Serena's theory of 9 stones was incorrect. Working backwards, it was calculated that there were originally 15 stones in the arch based on the measured angles of the trapezoidal stone fragment.

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    4.6.

    4 Journal: The Stone Arch Journal

    Mathematics II Sem 2 Name: Lindsay Gutierrez

    Points Possible:20
    Date: April 4, 2022

    Scenario: Trapezoidal Stone Arch

    Instructions:

    ● View the video found on page 1 of this Journal activity.


    ● Using the information provided in the video, answer the questions below.
    ● Show your work for all calculations.

    The Students' Conjectures: During an archeological dig, the students found a voussoir from a

    semicircular stone arch. A voussoir is a trapezoidal (wedge-shaped) stone used to build an arch

    or vault.

    1. What are the students trying to find out? (1 point)

    The students want to find out how many stones are in the original stone arch.

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    2. Complete the table to summarize each student's conjecture: (2 points: 1 point for each row)

    Student Conjecture

    Trey Trey believes that there were more than 9 stones in the original arch.

    Serena She believes that there were only 9 stones.

    Analyzing the Data:

    3. Draw a picture that shows the trapezoidal stone and the information that you know: (1 point)

    4. Is this is an isosceles trapezoid? How do you know? (1 point)

    Yes this is an isosceles trapezoid, i know because both the base angles and the legs on the

    trapezoid are congruent.

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    Understand the problem: Measuring an existing arch.

    Part 1: Serena’s drawing

    Follow these steps to find the angles of the trapezoids in Serena’s drawing. If the angles of her

    trapezoid match the angles of the trapezoid stone, then her drawing is correct.

    5. Find the measure of angle BAC. Hint: What is the sum of the measures of the vertex angles of

    the nine congruent isosceles triangles? (1 point)

    The measure of angle BAC is 20 degrees.

    6. Triangle ABC is an isosceles triangle. Find the measure of each base angle. (2 points)

    B measures 80, and C also = 80.

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    7. Use the base angles of triangle ABC to find the measure of angle CBD. (1 point)

    The measure of angle CBD = 100.

    8. Find all the angle measures of trapezoid BCED: (2 points)

    B= 100, C= 100, E= 80 and D = 80, BCED is 360 degrees.

    Solving the problem: How many stones were in the original arch?

    9. Compare these angle measures to the angles of the trapezoid stone. What can you conclude

    about Serena’s theory that the arch has nine stones? (2 points)

    I can conclude that the stone arch has more than 9 stones, serena’s theory is most likely

    incorrect.

    Part 2: Work backwards to find the number of stones that were in the original arch.

    10. Trapezoid EFGH represents the trapezoid stone that Trey found. Use your picture from

    Question 3 to find the measures of the interior angles of trapezoid EFGH.(1 point)

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    G = 84, H = 84, E = 96, and F = 96.

    11. Imagine that the stone is part of an arch, and that there is an isosceles triangle JEF formed

    by extending sides GE and HF downward.

    Use the measure of the angles of the trapezoid to find to measure of the base angles JEF and

    JFE. Add these measurements to your drawing.(2 points, one for each angle measure)

    EJF = 12.

    12. Find the measure of the vertex angle EJF. (1 point)

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    EJF measures 12.

    13. The isosceles triangle EJF is one of an unknown number of isosceles triangles from the

    original arch.

    Each isosceles triangle had the same vertex angle as triangle EJF. The sum of the vertex angles

    equals 180°. (2 points, one for the correct equation, one for the correct solution.)

    Let x = the number of isosceles triangles.

    Fill in the equation with your answer from Q12 and solve for x.

    12 • x = 180

    14. There is one stone for each isosceles triangle. How many stones were in the original arch?

    (1 point)

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    There were 15 stones in the original arch.

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