Lesson: Projections Mathematics

In this lesson, we will learn how to find the projection of a point, a line segment, a ray, or a line on another line and find the length of the projection.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

find the projection of a point on a straight line,
find the projection of a line segment on a straight line and find the length of the projection,
find the projection of a ray or a line onto another line.

Lesson Video

Lesson Worksheet

Q1:

What is the result of projecting a point onto a straight line?

Q2:

What is the projection of on ?

Q3:

Complete: The length of the projection of a line segment onto a line is the length of the line segment itself.