Points of Concurrency Scavenger Hunt (Circumcenter,Incenter,Centroid
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1. Answer the following question with complete sentences. Please explain how you arrived at your answer.
The Skokie Police Department wants to open a new station in Skokie. The current Skokie Police department is stationed on Touhy and Niles Center Road but there is no police station easily accessible to Skokie Hospital, Old Orchard Shopping Center, and Weber Park. Therefore, they are looking to build a station that is equidistant from these three locations. At which intersection should they build the new station?
Answer the questions using this map. You may now use the tool buttons to create midpoints, parallel/perpendicular lines, etc.
2.Answer the following question with complete sentences. Please explain how you arrived at your answer.
Red Mango would like to build a new location. They took a poll of where their customers drive from and noticed that the common intersections were Skokie Blvd and Golf, and Church St and Skokie Blvd, and I-94 and Church St. They would like to build this new location at a point that is equidistant from both Church St and Skokie Blvd. Where should they build the new location? Is this a good location to build? Why or why not?
Answer the questions using this map. You may now use the tool buttons to create midpoints, parallel/perpendicular lines, etc.
3. Answer the following question with complete sentences. Please explain how you arrived at your answer.
Chris is at Niles North High School, Georgia is at Old Orchard Junior High School, and Nevin is at Weber Leisure Center. The three of them want to meet at the centroid of the triangle that is formed by their three locations. Where should they meet?