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In my triangles project I classified EIGHT different types of food items as different types of triangles. There four types of triangles; RIGHT, scalene, equilateral, and ISOSCELES. I tested four of my predictions by using math. I predicted that the cheese was a right triangle and I was correct. For a triangle to be a right angle it has to have hypotenuse and a LEG while also having a 90 degree angle. The cheese fulfilled all of those requirements as it had a hypotenuse, leg, and had a 90 degree angle. For the scalene triangle I said a piece of Kroger bread was a scalene triangle because when you looked at it, it looked as though no sides or angles were congruent with each other. I was right on that fact as I proved the triangle scalene. I looked at all of the measurements of each side and none of them were the same. None of the angles were congruent either proving that the triangle is scalene. For the equilateral triangle I chose a wheat cracker and I was wrong. I chose the wheat cracker because all of the sides and angles looked the same but I was wrong. The sides were off by a little bit but the angles were correct. EVEN though my angles were all congruent for it to be an equilateral triangle everything has to be the same. For the isosceles I chose cheese I found at the store because two of the sides and angles looked congruent. For it to be an isosceles triangle 2 of the sides have to be the same. When I did the math it didn’t work out as it was off on the measurements. This project showed me how the eye is not always right but also taught me that there are a lot of triangles in everyday life.