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“Similar” Symbol​:
Identifying Corresponding Angles
Writing Proportionality Statements
1. Are these parallelograms similar? If they are, write a similarity statement and a
statement of proportionality.
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2. Are these rectangles similar? How can we find out?
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3. These two rectangles are similar. Find the scale factor of the largest to smallest.
4. Determine whether the triangles are similar. If they are, write a similarity statement
and find the scale factor.
5. These two triangles are similar. Find the values of x and y. What should you do first?
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pool table are similar rectangles.
a. Find the ratio between the length of the playing field and the length of the pool
table.
b. Find the ratio of the perimeter of the
playing field to the perimeter of the
pool table.
7. If two polygons are similar, what will be true about the ratio of their perimeters? Refer
to example #6 if necessary.