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Essential Question How are similar polygons related?
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Work with a partner. Use dynamic geometry software to draw any .ABC Dilate ABC to form a similar A B C′ ′ ′ using any scale factor k and any center of dilation.
a. Compare the corresponding angles of A B C′ ′ ′ and .ABC
b. Find the ratios of the lengths of the sides of A B C′ ′ ′ to the lengths of the corresponding sides of .ABC What do you observe?
c. Repeat parts (a) and (b) for several other triangles, scale factors, and centers of dilation. Do you obtain similar results?
1 EXPLORATION: Comparing Triangles after a Dilation
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Work with a partner. Use dynamic geometry software to draw any .ABC Dilate ABC to form a similar A B C′ ′ ′ using any scale factor k and any center of dilation.
a. Compare the perimeters of A B C′ ′ ′ and .ABC What do you observe?
b. Compare the areas of A B C′ ′ ′ and .ABC What do you observe?
c. Repeat parts (a) and (b) for several other triangles, scale factors, and centers of dilation. Do you obtain similar results?
Communicate Your Answer 3. How are similar polygons related?
4. A RST is dilated by a scale factor of 3 to form .R S T′ ′ ′ The area of RST is 1 square inch. What is the area of ?R S T′ ′ ′
2 EXPLORATION: Comparing Triangles after a Dilation
8.1 Notetaking with Vocabulary For use after Lesson 8.1
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In your own words, write the meaning of each vocabulary term.
similar figures
similarity transformation
corresponding parts
Core Concepts Corresponding Parts of Similar Polygons
In the diagram below, ABC is similar to .DEF You can write “ ABC is similar to ”DEF as ~ .ABC DEF A similarity transformation preserves angle measure. So,
corresponding angles are congruent. A similarity transformation also enlarges or reduces side lengths by a scale factor k. So, corresponding side lengths are proportional.
Corresponding angles Ratios of corresponding side lengths
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c. Are the two triangles similar? Explain.
d. Repeat parts (a)–(c) to complete columns 2 and 3 of the table for the given angle measures.
e. Complete each remaining column of the table using your own choice of two pairs of equal corresponding angle measures. Can you construct two triangles in this way that are not similar?
f. Make a conjecture about any two triangles with two pairs of congruent corresponding angles.
Communicate Your Answer 2. What can you conclude about two triangles when you know that two pairs of
8.3 Proving Triangle Similarity by SSS and SAS For use with Exploration 8.3
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Essential Question What are two ways to use corresponding sides of two triangles to determine that the triangles are similar?
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Work with a partner. Use dynamic geometry software.
a. Construct ABC and DEF with the side lengths given in column 1 of the table below.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
AB 5 5 6 15 9 24
BC 8 8 8 20 12 18
AC 10 10 10 10 8 16
DE 10 15 9 12 12 8
EF 16 24 12 16 15 6
DF 20 30 15 8 10 8
m A∠
m B∠
m C∠
m D∠
m E∠
m F∠
b. Complete column 1 in the table above.
c. Are the triangles similar? Explain your reasoning.
d. Repeat parts (a)–(c) for columns 2–6 in the table.
e. How are the corresponding side lengths related in each pair of triangles that are similar? Is this true for each pair of triangles that are not similar?
1 EXPLORATION: Deciding Whether Triangles Are Similar
If an angle of one triangle is congruent to an angle of a second triangle and the lengths of the sides including these angles are proportional, then the triangles are similar.
If X M∠ ≅ ∠ and ,ZX XY
PM MN= then
~ .XYZ MNP
Notes:
Extra Practice
In Exercises 1 and 2, determine whether RST is similar to ABC.
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Theorem 8.8 Three Parallel Lines Theorem
If three parallel lines intersect two transversals, then they divide the transversals proportionally.
Notes:
UW VX
WY XZ=
Theorem 8.9 Triangle Angle Bisector Theorem
If a ray bisects an angle of a triangle, then it divides the opposite side into segments whose lengths are proportional to the lengths of the other two sides.
