Lesson 2

Perimeter vs. Length Lab

Est. Class Sessions: 4

Summarizing the Lesson

Refer to the class graph showing all the runways.

Ask the class to apply what they observed to other situations by posing and discussing the following situation and questions:

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  • Myrna has been asked to consider a runway for an even larger plane. The runway width needs to be 8 inches. Without creating a data table, what would the line graph look like for this larger plane? Explain your reasoning. (The graph would start at (0,16) and be parallel to the other lines on the graph.)
  • What would the data table look like? (The width would be 8 inches, the perimeter would increase by two as the length increased by one.)
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