Similar Figures

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is similar to

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What is true about the sides of similar figures?

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Corresponding sides are proportional.

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What is true about the shape and size of similar figures?

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Same shape and not the same size.

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All angles in similar figures are congruent. True or False?

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True

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Quadrilateral GHIJ is similar to quadrilateral WXYZ. What is angle I?

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80

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Definition of similar figures.

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Figures that have the same shape but not necessarily the same size.

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What does it mean for two figures to be proportional?

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Their corresponding sides have the same ratio.

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If two triangles are similar, what can be said about their angles?

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All corresponding angles are congruent.

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How do you find the scale factor between two similar figures?

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Divide the length of a side of one figure by the corresponding side of the other figure.

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What is the scale factor if the sides of one triangle are 4 cm and the corresponding sides of a similar triangle are 8 cm?

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