Lesson 6
Similarity
Problem 1
Each diagram has a pair of figures, one larger than the other. For each pair, show that the two figures are similar by identifying a sequence of translations, rotations, reflections, and dilations that takes the smaller figure to the larger one.
![Coordinate plane, x 0 to 4, y 0 to 6. Line through point A, the origin, C at 1 comma 2, E at 3 comma 6. Segments connect A, & C to point B at 1 comma 0. Segments connect E & C to point F at 3 comma 2.](https://staging-cms-im.s3.amazonaws.com/5wXB9BTeAqmgr9KTQ3aLsAFM?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%228-8.2.B.PP.Image.03.png%22%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%278-8.2.B.PP.Image.03.png&response-content-type=image%2Fpng&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAXQCCIHWF37H2AMFB%2F20240703%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240703T102928Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=9fe60425e31beccdaf89524d7c5e1d6f5b74e63b53cab19bddd5096660801de8)
![Two triangles on a circular grid. Ask for further assistance.](https://staging-cms-im.s3.amazonaws.com/gDtbrvqDBWtUs4cQacqJkKm4?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%228-8.2.B.PP.Image.04.png%22%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%278-8.2.B.PP.Image.04.png&response-content-type=image%2Fpng&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAXQCCIHWF37H2AMFB%2F20240703%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240703T102928Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=9fb9dbe6472d5cbca76a625456d144ac7ac601b6a7e3f046b3ea4b028a8355a7)
Solution
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Problem 2
Here are two similar polygons.
Measure the side lengths and angles of each polygon. What do you notice?
![figure ABCD and figure EFGH on a grid.](https://staging-cms-im.s3.amazonaws.com/3EtfbbrKxN68Z5KAzaexR6Bh?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%228-8.2.B.PP.Image.02.png%22%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%278-8.2.B.PP.Image.02.png&response-content-type=image%2Fpng&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAXQCCIHWF37H2AMFB%2F20240703%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240703T102928Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=1f7b9c13ffed64476eac52d15029428d30cfeabf62b2c8d6bf0d127774c2101f)
Solution
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Problem 3
Each figure shows a pair of similar triangles, one contained in the other. For each pair, describe a point and a scale factor to use for a dilation moving the larger triangle to the smaller one. Use a measurement tool to find the scale factor.
![Triangles A, B C, and A prime B C prime. A prime lies on side A, B. C prime lies on side B C.](https://staging-cms-im.s3.amazonaws.com/JS2VrKd4kvVqgTfqpttfjWYA?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%228-8.2.B.PP.Image.05.png%22%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%278-8.2.B.PP.Image.05.png&response-content-type=image%2Fpng&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAXQCCIHWF37H2AMFB%2F20240703%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240703T102928Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=0f5b7beb33b64292d343a30cb053d6f64f70f821d76be32f64698313212e5ff2)
![Triangles A, B C, and A, B prime C prime. B prime lies on side A, B. C prime lies on side A, C.](https://staging-cms-im.s3.amazonaws.com/tY3T5tQJZK3BdYysFQKBSMb4?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%228-8.2.B.PP.Image.06.1.png%22%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%278-8.2.B.PP.Image.06.1.png&response-content-type=image%2Fpng&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAXQCCIHWF37H2AMFB%2F20240703%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240703T102928Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=de93eafff1e762a882ac244071e71268e464221eb63cd301439d7e74145d48af)
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