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These materials, when encountered before Algebra 1, Unit 8, Lesson 15, support success in that lesson.
In this activity, students get more familiar with irrational solutions to quadratic equations. First, they use a concrete example of using the Pythagorean Theorem with right triangles to find irrational side lengths. Then, students solve equations of the form and approximate the irrational solutions in comparison to nearby integers. In the associated Algebra 1 lesson, students solve quadratic equations with irrational solutions using completing the square. The work of this lesson supports students to be more comfortable using irrational numbers. Students must look for and make use of structure (MP7) to use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate missing side lengths and to find the nearest integers to irrational numbers.
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