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Angel Noriega
MAT 207-02
27 February 2017
For the first midterm I felt pretty confident on the problems that it contained. From the
very start of the semester I knew that math was going to be a difficult subject for me so I had
study twice as hard for each topic. I am so glad that every topic that we had on the problem sets,
we discussed thoroughly in class and that helped me a lot. The more we discussed and the more
we tried the problems I felt that I was understanding each topic. I was very satisfied with my
grade that I received for my midterm. Although I got an 89% I am confident enough that if I
The problems that were easiest for me were the problems on the skew lines, the altitudes,
collinear points, pair of angles and proving the sum of 3 angles of a triangle is 180 degrees. The
more difficult problems had to be explaining and making a Venn diagram of the relationships of
triangles. I will need to study more on this topic because I still get confused on justifying the
properties of each tringle. I need to study the relationships of the triangles and knowing the
reasons why one triangle can never be another certain type of triangle.
What I will do to better prepare myself for the final exam is to study more on the
problems that I am having more difficult with. I will rework the problems until I get a better
understanding on why that is the answer and making flashcards on the properties of each
triangle.
The first topic that we learned was how each quadrilateral are related. We had to figure
out the similarities and the differences between a square, rhombi, and a rectangle. In order to
prove this, we had to make a Venn diagram to show the importance for each of these and how
they relate to one another. This is a great way for us to actually get a visual perspective to prove
if all rectangles are squares, all squares are rectangles or if all rhombi are squares, all square are
The second topic we learned was parallel lines and parallelograms. It is important to learn
these topics because they all connect to one another. By knowing if the lines are parallel you will
be able to determine the pairs of angles and determine the relationship between parallelograms
parallelogram then you will know that each pair of opposite sides are parallel. You will them
The third topic we leaned about triangles and their properties and the altitudes of an
obtuse, acute, and right triangle. We had to determine whether or not all equilateral triangles are
isosceles or all isosceles equilateral triangles. This section helped me get a better understanding
on how all triangles connect to one another if the properties match. Such as an equilateral can
never be a right or obtuse because a right triangle can only have one angle that is 90 degrees and
if all 3 angles were 90, it would be more than 180 degrees so therefore it can not be an
equilateral. In order to find an altitude of a triangle, we draw a straight line through the vertex
and perpendicular to the base of the triangle, meaning it has to be right in the middle of a
triangle.
Lastly, the fourth topic we learned before the midterm was Skew Lines and Collinear.
Skew lines are two sets of lines that are nonparallel on different planes which means they will
never intersect one another. Collinear are points on the same line.
I was very content with the grade I received for the first midterm. Although I feel I could
have studied a more on learning the properties of each triangle and showing the relationships of
the triangles by making a Venn diagram. That topic was the most difficult for me because I still
get confused on on what makes up the properties of a triangle and why they have no relation to
one another. What I did to prepare myself for this midterm was I kept on studying and redid
problems that I knew I had a hard time with. I kept redoing the problems until I finally
understood why that was the answer. I have always had a difficult time with math but seeing the
grade that I received for my midterm gave me hopes that whenever I put my mind into
something and I continue to work and study for a subject that everything will turn out to be fine.
I did earn the grade that I received because I put a lot of time into studying for this exam.