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Write two possible theorems that results from these observations. See Figure 1. 3. Select points A and D. Measure the distance between these two points. Repeat this for points A and E, points D and E, points A and B, points A and C, and points B and C. What is the ratio of the length of each side of triangle ADE to the corresponding side of triangle ABC? For example what is (length AD)/(length AB)? Use the calculate command to record these three ratios. What happens to the distances between points as you drag the triangle? What happens to the value of the ratios as you drag the triangle? See Figure 2. 4. Select points A, D, and E and construct polygon interior. With the interior of triangle ADE selected, measure both the perimeter and area of triangle ADE. Repeat this procedure for triangle ABC. (You may want to change the color of one triangle interior.) See Figure 2. 5. Calculate the ratio of the perimeter of triangle ADE to the perimeter of triangle ABC. Does this ratio change as you drag the triangle? Compare this ratio to the ratio of the corresponding side lengths. What do you notice? Write a possible theorem that explains the ratio of the two perimeters with respect to this construction. 6. Calculate the ratio of the area of triangle ADE to the area of triangle ABC. How does this ratio compare to the ratio of the perimeters and the ratio of the corresponding sides? Write a possible theorem that explains the ratio of the two areas with respect to this construction. 7. Based on the theorems you conjectured in parts 5 and 6, if points F and G were constructed to be the midpoints of segments AD and AE respectively, what would the ratio of the corresponding sides of triangles AFG and triangle ABC be? What would the ratio of their perimeters be? What would the ratio of the areas of these two triangles be? Test your conjectures by constructing points F and G, the interior of triangle AFG and calculating the desired ratios. 8. 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