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Section 7-1: Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles
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**Essential Question**

 * How can the formulas for the areas parallelograms and triangles be used to discover if your house can withstand a hurricane?

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 * Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles

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**Essential Question**

 * How can you tell if a latter is tall enough to scale a castle wall with a moat infested with dangerous sharks at its base?

**Advanced Organizer**

 * The Pythagorean Theorem and Its Converse

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**Essential Question**

 * How long will it take a bale of hay to travel up a conveyor belt if it is at 60 o  to the ground and moving the bales at 100 ft/sec?

** Advanced Organizer **

 * Special Right Triangles

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Mid-Chapter Project
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Essential Question

 * Can the area of any of the U.S.states be found by using the formula for the area of a trapezoid or kite?

Advanced Organizer

 * Areas of Trapezoids, Rhombuses, and Kites

Essential Question

 * How much iron must be used to create the arched top of a mall entrance?

Advanced Organizer

 * Coming soon...

Essential Question

 * What is the area of a slice of pizza from a round pizza pie?

Advanced Organizer

 * Areas of Circles and Sectors