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For questions about teaching mathematics in secondary education (in most countries approx. ages 10-18).

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What are strategies for teaching that the altitude of a right triangle creates two similar t...

If you have established that the sum of the interior angles of a triangle is always 180°, you're basically done. Each of the small triangles shares one angle with the original one; the second angle is …
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Why are triangles so prevalent in high school geometry?

TL;DR: It's not the triangles that are interesting; it's the mathematical concepts that can best be explained by using one of the most primitive geometrical shapes. The reason for intensive u …
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