Similar Figures

Gwen scans a photo that is 4 in. wide by 6 in. tall into her computer. If she scales the height down to 3 in., how wide should the similar photo be?

• 3 in

• 2 in.

• 4 in

• 1 in

Marvin's son is 3 ft tall. He casts a shadow of 1 foot. Marvin casts a shadow of 2.5 ft. How tall is Marvin?

• 3 ft

• 7.5 ft

• 1.2 ft.

• 0.8 ft.

Jacqueline is creating a scale drawing of her kitchen for the remodel.  In the drawing, the length of the kitchen is 7.2 in and the width is 2.3 in.  If the actual length of the kitchen is 36 ft, what is the width?

• 11.5 ft

• 12 ft

• 6.3 

• 14 ft

A model car is 10 inches long.  Using a scale of 2 in:3 ft, how long is the actual car?

• 15 ft

• 5 ft

• 20 ft

• 13 ft

A building 70 ft high casts a 150 ft shadow. A nearby flagpole casts a 60 ft shadow. Draw a diagram and write a proportion to find the height of the flagpole.

• 28

• 175

• 30

• 150

A rectangular garden is 45 ft wide and 70 ft long. On a blueprint, the width is 9 in. Identify the length on the blueprint. 

• 7 in

• 9 in

• 12 in

• 14 in

Solve for X.

• 2 ft

• 3 ft

• 4 ft

• 6 ft

• 4 ft

• 15 ft

• 18 ft

• 2 ft

Two objects that are the same shape but not the same size are [fill in the blank].

• Congruent

• Vertical

• Similar

• Complementary

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• A

• B

• C

• D