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Rachel Gulbrandsen
Professor Board
MAT 207
February 11, 2014
Journal #1
PS1: Quadrilaterals Venn Diagagrams.
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1. Problem set one went over the dimentions of a quadrilateral. We learned that a
quadrilateral is a four sided closed figure. Also, that all squares are rectangles and
rhombi. Squares have four congruent sides and angels. Rectangles have four
congruent angles. Rhombi have four congruent sides. I was able to understand
the connection between the shapes due to a venn diagram.

2. I did not have a difficult time with the venn diagram. I did have more difficulty
with the other sections, which I will explain later.

3. In order to prepare for this section I drew the diagram again just for practice
and I re-wrote the explanation of the diagram. You have mentioned exactly what
you want in the exmplanation so by re-writing the explanation I feel I will be able
to have a better graspe on what to say on the exam.

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PS2: Parallelograms, Pairs of Angles

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1. Problem set two discussed parallelograms and pairs of angles. A parallelogram

is a quadrilateral in which opposite sides and angles are parallel. All squares,
rectangles, and rhombi are parallelograms. Parallelograms sum of its angles adds
up to 360 degrees. The concepts gone over in pairs of angles are the types of
abgles. There are coresponding angles, alternate interior angles, alternate exterior
angles, and verticle angles. A way we connected theses concepts is through
problem set two and through a quiz.

2. What was most difficult in this section was looking at angles and remembering
how to label each angle. What I found to be easy was defining a parallelogram
and drawing them. Another thing that was easier was to determine what
properties made a parallelogram.

3. In order to help me study I reviewed the slides we went over in class. I also
looked at my quiz involving angles and comparing and contrasting the differnt
angles. I re-wrote the quiz because repetition helps me study.

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PS3: Venn Diagram of Triangles, Triangle comparison; i.e. All right triangles are obtuse,
Altitudes of Triangles, Prove -- Angles of triangles add to 180o
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1. In problem set three we went over triangles in a venn diagram in two ways.
One way was comparing and obtuse, acute, and right triangle. The other venn
diagram was comparing an equalateral, iscoces, and scalene triangles. All
equalateral triangles are iscolceles triangles because they share common
properties. However, a scalene triangle does not share any properties with those
other two triangles. Right triangles, actue triangles, and obtuse triangles are all
differnt and will be discussed in the next section. The altitutde of triangles
happen in three different ways. An iscolese triangle, right triangle, and obtuse
triangle have different altitudes, which ill be shown in the next section. An obtuse
triangle is the only one with an unusual altutude becasue it extends outside of the
triangle. We also learned how to prove that the sum of angles in a triangle is
equaled to 180 degrees. We can connect this section to bring all the concepts of
triangles together. All triangles angles add up to 180 degrees and the different
sizes of each angles can determine what kind of triangle is being shown.

2. In this section I did have a problem with the altitude of an obtuse triangle and
prooving that the angles of a triangle adds up to 180 degrees. What was easy in
the section was knowing what the properties of the triangles are. To me that was
the easiest part because they all have destinct definitions.

3. In order to prepare for the examine I drew different types of obtuse triangles
and practiced drawing the altitudes. In order for me to study how to prove a

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triangless angles sum was 180 degrees I had to look at the powerpoint provided
to me in class and my homework, where I wrote down how to prove the theory.