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Polygon
Apolygonistheunionofthreeormoresegmentssuchthateachsegmentintersectsexactlytwoothers,oneat eachofitsendpoints(itsvertices).
Triangle
Athree-sidedpolygonwherethesumofitsinterioranglesaddto180°.
a) Scalene-Atrianglewithnosidesofthesamelength. b) Isosceles-Atrianglewithtwosidesofthesamelengthandtwoanglesequal. c) Equilateral-Atrianglewithallthreesidesequalandallthreeanglesequal.
IsoscelesTriangle ScaleneTriangleEquilateralTriangle
Polygon
Triangle Quadrilateral
Scalene
Trapezoid
Parallelogram
Rectangle Rhombus
Kite
Square
Isosceles Equilateral
Pentagon 5sides
Hexagon 6sides
Heptagon 7sides
Octagon 8sides
Nonagon 9sides
Decagon 10sides
Dodecagon 12sides
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Quadrilateral
Afoursidedpolygonwherethesumofinterioritsanglesis360°.
a) Trapezoid-Aquadrilateralwithonepairofparallelsides.
b) Parallelogram-Aquadrilateralwithtwopairsofparallelsides.
Bothpairsofoppositesidesareparallel. Bothpairsofoppositesidesareequal.
c) Rhombus-Aquadrilateralwithfourequalsides.
Therhombushasallthepropertiesofaparallelogram.
d) Rectangle-Aquadrilateralwithfourequalangles.
Therectanglehasallthepropertiesoftheparallelogram.
e) Square-Aquadrilateralwithfourequalsidesandfourequalangles.
Thesquarehasallthepropertiesofarhombusandarectangle.
f) Kite-Aquadrilateralwithtwodistinctpairsofconsecutivesidesofthesamelength.
Everykitehasatleasttwoanglesofequalmeasure.
h
b
a
h
b
a
h
b
h
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Similar Figures
Ifyouareaskedtomakeadrawingofapolygon,oranyfigure,youmightmakethedrawinglarger,smaller,or thesamesize.Butifyouwantthefigurestolookalike,theshapemustbethesame,andthecorresponding lengthshavetobeproportional.
Twofiguresaresimilarif:
a) Thecorrespondinganglesarethesame
b) Thecorrespondinglengthsareproportional
Wewritethesymbol+ toindicatethefiguresaresimilar.Forexample ABC DEFT T+
Scale Factor
Figuresthathavethesameshape,butdifferentsizes,arefoundthroughouteverydaylife.Maps,architects’ drawings,modelsofatoms,andmodeltrainsaresomeexamplesofsimilarfigures.Whenyoucomparea modeltraintotherealtrain,themodelismuchsmaller.Thisiscalledareduction.Whenyoucomparethe drawingofanatominyoursciencetexttotheactualatom,thedrawingismuchlarger.Thisiscalledan enlargement.
Scalefactor=object lengthimage length
a) Iftheimageislargerthantheobject,thescalefactorisgreaterthanone,anditisanenlargement.
b) Iftheimageissmallerthantheobject,thescalefactorisbetweenzeroandone,anditisareduction.
c) Iftheimageandobjectarethesame,thescalefactorisone.
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Considerthefollowingdiagram.Therearetwowaystodetermineitsscalefactor.
Method1: Determineacentrepointoftheobjectandimageasthedrawingshows.
MeasurePAPA
PBPB
PCPC
PDPD
= = = =l l l l scalefactor
Method2: MeasureABA B
BCB C
CDC D
DAD A
= = = =l l l l l l l l scalefactor
Alloftheseratioswillgivethesamescalefactor.
Determinethescalefactoroftheabovedrawing.
►Solution: Method1:Scalefactor=.. 2.42
PCPC
cmcm
3 58 5
= =l
Method2:Scalefactor=.. .
ABA B
cmcm
1 02 4 2 40= =
l l
Noticethatthescalefactorsfromthetwomethodsareslightlydifferent.Thisisdueto inaccuracyofmeasurements.
C’
D’
C
DA’
object imageP
B
A
B’
(centre)
Example 1
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Giventhelengthsandanglesshowninthediagram
a) Whyis ABCD EFGH4 4+ ? b) Determinethescalefactor. c) If 4AD = cm,determineEF.
►Solution: a) Interioranglesof4ABCDaddto360°,so+Ais105° Interioranglesof4EFGHaddto360°,so+His80°
Therefore,allthecorrespondinganglesofthequadrilateralareequal.
b) Scalefactor object sizeimage size
= ADEF
= ..3 83 0= .0 8=
c) 0.8 . .EF AD 4 0 8 3 2# #= = = cm
Determinethescalefactorofthediagrambelow.
►Solution: Scalefactor .105
21 0 5object size
image size= = = =
Example 2
Example 3
y
x
B’(4,2)
A’(5,4)
C’(7,3)
B(8,4)
A(10,8)
C(14,6)
0
85°80°
85°
105°
A
BC
DE
GH
F
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9.1 Exercise Set
1. Dotheobjectshavethesameshapeasafootballfieldmeasuring160feetby360feet?
a) Asheetofpapermeasuring5cmby10cm. y/n
b) Arectanglemeasuring4cmby9cm. y/n
c) Aparallelogramwithsides16by36. y/n
d) Aphotographmeasuring6cmby13.5cm. y/n
e) Amagazinemeasuring9cmby22.5cm. y/n
2. Completethetableforeachenlargement.
ObjectLength ImageLength ScaleFactor12cm 24cm30cm 40cm9cm 4
48cm 1.550cm 2.5
3. Completethetableforeachreduction.
ObjectLength ImageLength ScaleFactor25cm 5cm
10cm 0.165cm 0.214.7cm 0.6
5cm 0.4
4. Usearulertodeterminethecentreandthescalefactorofthefollowing:
a) b)
Thescalefactoris. Thescalefactoris.
image
object
object
image
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5. Drawtheimageofthebaseballifthescalefactor 6. Drawtheimageofthefootballifthescalefactor is 2
1 . is1.5.
7. Aportraitmeasures50cmby35cm.Ifthelarger 8. Adollhouseisonetenthoftheactualsizeofahouse. sideofareductionmeasures20cm,whatisthe Ifachairinthedollhouseis2.75cm,howtallisthe lengthoftheshortersideofthereduction? actualchairitmodels?
9. Apole3mhighhasashadow5mlong.Ifa 10.A193kglunarvehicleweighs31kgonthemoon. buildingis66mhigh,howlongisthebuilding’s Howmuchdoyouweighonthemoon? shadow?
11. Whatisthescaleofthesoccerfield?Giveanswer 12.Ahockeyrinkis96mby48m.Drawascalemodel as1cm=yds. ofthehockeyrinkifthescaleis1cmto12m.
120yds
75yds
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13.
a) IfthescaleofthemapofCanadais b) IfthescaleofthemapofCanadais 1cm=460km,whatistheactualdistance 1cm=460km,howmuchfartherinkilometers betweenCalgaryandHalifax? isitbetweenCalgaryandHalifaxthanbetween VancouverandWinnipeg?
c) Ifitis2600kmbetweenSaskatoonand d) IfthedistancebetweenFortMcMurrayand Montreal,howfarisitbetweenVancouver Winnipegis1200km,whatisthescaleofthe andToronto? mapofCanada?
e) IfthescaleofCanadais1cm=460km, f) IfthescaleofthemapofCanadais1cm=460km, howlongwouldaplanetravellingat howmuchlongerwouldaplanetravellingat 600km/htaketogetfromCalgaryto 750km/htaketoflyfromCalgarytoHalifaxthan Halifax? fromVancouvertoWinnipeg?
.Saskatoon
.Montreal
. Toronto
Vancouver..Halifax
Fort McMurray.
.Winnipeg.
Calgary
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14. Draweachimagemagnifiedbyascalefactorof2andby21 .
a) b)
15. Findthescalefactor.
a) b)
ScaleFactor ScaleFactor
16. Grapheachimageasindicated.
a) Scalefactor3 b) Scalefactor21 .
0
object
image
object
image
0
00
0 0
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Twopolygonsaresimilarif:
a)Thecorrespondinganglesareequal. b)Thecorrespondingsidesareproportional.
Iftwoanglesofonetriangleequaltwoanglesofanothertriangle,thenthetrianglesaresimilar(~).
If A D+ += and C F+ += then B E+ += so ABC DEFT T+
(If two angles are equal, the third angle is also equal because the three interior angles of a triangle add to 180°)
Similartriangleshavecorrespondingsidesthatareproportional.
If ABC DEFT T+ ,thenDEAB
DFAC
EFBC
= = .
Similarity Properties in Right Triangles
Thealtitudetothehypotenuseofarighttriangleformstwotrianglesthataresimilartoeachotherandtothe originaltriangle.
ABC BDC ABDT T T+ + hc
dh
ba
= = , ae
ca
hb
= = , be
db
ha
= =
E
FA
B
C
~D
A
B
D
a
b
c
d
e
h
C
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Thesymbol~isusedforthephrase“issimilarto”.
If A D+ += , B E+ += and C F+ += thenthecorrespondinganglesareequal,thereforethetwotrianglesare similar,writtenas ABC DEFT T+ .Sincethetrianglesaresimilar,thecorrespondingsidesareproportional.
Namepairsofequalanglesandequalratiosofsidesinthetwosimilartriangles.
►Solution: Equalanglesare A D+ += , B E+ += , C F+ +=
Ratiosofsidesareda
eb
fc
= =
Determinethelengthofxandy.
►Solution: x6
2 5=
y62 7=
x2 30= y2 42=
x22
230
= y22
242
=
x 15= y 21=
Example 1
Example 2
E
FDA
B
a
b
cdf
eC
E
FA
B
C
~D
~2 5
7
6 x
y
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Namepairsofequalanglesandequalratiosofsidesinthetwosimilartriangles.
►Solution: Equalanglesare ABF C+ += , AFB D+ += , A A+ += .
RatiosofsidesareACAB
ADAF
CDBF
= = .
Calculatethevalueofx.
►Solution: x3 64 6
= +
x3 610
=
x6 3 10#=
x66
630
=
x 5=
Calculatethevalueofx.
►Solution: Since E A+ += ,and C C+ += ,then B D+ += .Therefore ABC EDCT T+ .
EDAB
DCBC=
x412
36= +
x4 24 36+ =
4 12x =
x 3=
Example 3
Example 4
Example 5
F
A
B
C D
4
3
6
x
E
A
B C
124 3
6x
D
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Calculatethevalueofy.
►Solution: ABC DECT T+
DEAB
CDAC
CEBC
= =
y5106
=
y6 5 10#=
y66
650
=
y325
=
Calculatethevalueofz.
►Solution: Therighttrianglesaresimilar,thereforetheequalanglesare A BCD+ += , B ACD+ += , ACB ADC+ += .
DCAD
DBDC
=
z
z188
=
z 18 82 #=
z 18 8#=
z 12=
Example 6
Example 7
E
A
B
CD
510
6 y
D
A
B
C
18
8
z
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9.2 Exercise Set
1. Whichproportionsareequivalentto x8 32
= ?
a) x3 28
= b) x2 38
= c) x8835+ = d)
x8
32=
2. Completeeachstatement.
a) Ifyx52
= ,then5x = b) Ifba73
= ,then a3=
c) Ifnm
59
= ,thenmn= d) If
zy114
= ,thenzy z+
=
e) If c d4 3= ,then
dc= f) If
yx
411
= ,thenx11=
g) If a b5 12= ,then a
55+ = h) If
yx y
73-
= ,thenyx=
3. Findthevalueofx.
a) x7 43
= b) x4329+ =
c)x975
= d) x x34
58+ = +
e) x x32
74- = + f) x x
54
73- = -
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4. Nametheratioofsidesforthesimilartriangles.
a) b)
c) d)
e) f)
g) h)
A
B
D
E
C
F
ab
c
d
f
e
ab
cd
f
e ab
c d
f
e
a
c
f
e
b
d
ac
e
b
d
E
A
B
CD
E
A
B
C
D
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5. Foreachpairoftrianglesdeterminewhetherthetwotrianglesaresimilar.
a) b)
c) d)
e) f)
g) h)
10
6 8
5
3 4
1218
8
1 41
65
1 32
2 21
8
8
15
5
2524
7
12 13
5
75˚
65˚40˚
40˚
5
22
5
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6. Solveforthemissingside,orsides.
a) b)
x= x=
y= y=
c) d)
x=
y= x=
e) f)
x= x=
g) h)
x= x=
y= y=
65
10
12
xy7
9
912
x
y
7
10
8
16x
y
5
2 3
x4
5
2
x
9
4
x
y
x3 4
62
3 4
46 x
y
E
A
BC
D
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7. Atreecastsa5metershadowatatimewhena 8. Ann,whois155cmtall,placesamirroronthe flagpoleof8meterscastsashadowof1.5meters. ground115cmfromherfeet.Themirroris620cm Whatistheheightofthetree? fromaflagpole.IfAnn,bylookingatthemirror, seesthetopoftheflagpole,howtallistheflagpole?
9. Theslopetriangleonatruss 10. Alltelevisionscreenshavedimensionsthatare tellsyouhowhighthetruss proportional.Ifa50inchtelevisionscreen iscomparedtotherun. (measuredalongthediagonal)is43.5incheswide, Whatistheheightof howwideisa36inchscreen? thistrussgivena 12
5 slopeangle?
11. Findx . 12. Findx andy .
13. Thelengthofthesidesofoneoftwosimilartriangles 14. Inordertobesafe,a6mladdershouldbe2.5m area,b,andc witha b c1 1 .Ifthelongestsideof fromawall.Howfarfromawallshoulda8m theothertriangleisx,whatisthelengthofthetwo ladderbeplacedinordertobesafe? othersides?
10m
h
x
5 813
x
y
28
2420
20
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15. Acard12cmlongisfoldedinhalfalongitslength. 16. Acard12cmlongisfoldedalongitslengthinto Ifthefoldedcardhasthesameshapeastheoriginal fourrectangleswithdimensionsproportionaltothe card,whatisthewidthofthecardbeforefolding? original.Whatisthewidthoftheoriginalrectangle?
17. Toestimatethewidthofariver,asurveyormadea 18. Howmanysimilartrianglesarethere? diagramasshown.Whatisthewidthoftheriver?
19. Inthediagram,l,m,andnareparallel.
a) Ife 15= ,f 24= ,andg+ h 52= ,whatis b) Ifg 12= ,h 20= ,andf 2= e- 3,whatisthe thevalueofg? valueofe?
c) Ifg 16= ,h 24= ,e x50= - ,andf x= , d) Ifg 12= ,h 18= ,e x8= + ,andf x10= + , whatisthevalueofx? whatisthevalueofx?
8m
12m40m
l
m
n
e
f
g
h
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PolygonABCDEandpolygonFGHIJaresimilarpolygons
Therefore A F+ += , B G+ += , C H+ += , D I+ += , E J+ += andFGAB
GHBC
HICD
IJDE
JFEA
= = = =
Given ABCD EFGD4 4+ withAB=10cm,AD=6cmandAE=2cm,determineEF.
►Solution: IfAD=6cmandAE=2cm,thenED=4cm
EFAB
EDAD
=
EF10
46
=
6EF 4 10#=
EF320 6
32
= = cm
Example 1
A B
CD
E F
G
A
BC
DE
F
G
H
I
J
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Given ABCD EFGH4 4+
Find a) E+ b) G+ if C 100c+ = c) EF d) CD e) Thescalefactorofimage ABCD4 toobject EFGH4 f) Thescalefactorofimage EFGH4 toobject ABCD4
►Solution: a) E 90c+ = Correspondinganglesareequal
b) G 100c+ = Correspondinganglesareequal
c)EFAB
EHAD
= Correspondingsidesareproportional
EF2
123
=
3 EF 2 12# #=
33EF
324
=
EF 8=
d)EHAD
GHCD
=
123
10CD
=
12 CD 3 10# #=
1212CD
1302
=
CD25
=
e) ScalefactorEHAD
123
41
= = = whichisareduction.
ABCD4 is41 thesizeof EFGH4
f) ScalefactorADEH
312
14
= = = whichisanenlargement.
EFGH4 is4timesthesizeof ABCD4
Example 2
B
C
D3
2
A E
F
G
H12
10
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Given ABCD EFGH4 4+
Determinea)Thescalefactorb)x,yandz
►Solution: a) Scalefactorobject sizeimage size
3220
4 8
4 585 0.625
#
#= = = = =
b) x2032
25=
y2032 36=
z2032 24=
x20 32 25#= y20
32 36= z32 20 24#=
x20
32 25#= y32
20 36#= z32
20 24#=
x 40= .y 22 5= z 15=
Tworectangleshavethesameshape,butdifferentareas.Iftheareashaveascalefactorof 9to16,whatisthescalefactorofthesidesoftherectangles?
►Solution:
ll
AA
ll
ll
169
16
943
2
12
2
1
22
12
2
1
2
" "= = = =
Thescalefactorofthesidesis3to4.
Tworectangularsolidshavethesameshape,butdifferentvolumes.Ifthevolumeshaveascale factorof8to27,whatisthescalefactorofthesidesoftherectangularsolids?
►Solution:ll
VV
ll
ll
27
8278
32
23
13
2
1
23
13
2
1
3
3
" "= = = =
Thescalefactoris2to3.
A
B
C
D
36
32
24
x
Object
E
FG
H
20
25
y z
Image
Example 3
Example 4
w
l A = 9
w
l A=16
Example 5
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Constructing Similar Polygons
Toconstructasimilarpolygonfromagivenpolygon,itisimportanttoremember: a) Allcorrespondinganglesmustbeequal. b) Allcorrespondingsidesmustbeproportional. c) Thescalefactorthatisneeded.
a) DrawpolygonA B C D El l l l l~polygonABCDEwithscalefactorof polygonABCDEtopolygonA B C D El l l l l=2.
b) Determineallcorrespondinganglesandratiosofcorrespondingsides.
CorrespondingAngles CorrespondingSidesA+ A+ l 143c AB=3 A B 1.5=l l
A BAB 2=l l
B+ B+ l 90c BC=4 B C 2=l lB CBC 2=l l
C+ C+ l 127c CD=4 C D 2=l lC DCD 2=l l
D+ D+ l 90c DE=5 D E 2.5=l lD EDE 2=l l
E+ E+ l 90c EA=4 E A 2=l lE AEA 2=l l
►Solution:
Example 6A
B
C
DE
3
4
4
5
4
53˚
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9.3 Exercise Set
1. Tellwhetherthetwopolygonsaresimilar:always,sometimesornever.
a) Twosquares
b) Tworectangles
c) Twoequilateraltriangles
d) Twoisoscelestriangles
e) Tworegularsix-sidedpolygons
f) Twopentagons
g) Ascalenetriangleandanisoscelestriangle
h) Tworhombuseswithequalangles
i) Twobasketballcourts
j) Tworegulationsizedtenniscourts
k) Anequilateraltriangleandarighttriangle
2. Classifythefollowingassimilar,notsimilar,orpossiblysimilar,tothegivendiagram.
a) b)
c) d)
50˚
130˚
20
13
16
25
50˚
130˚
50˚
130˚
50˚130˚
5
64
3
50˚
130˚
10
6
8
12
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3. Aquadrilateralhassidesa,b,c,d.Asecond 4. Thedimensionsofarectanglearex cmbyy cm. quadrilateralhassides2a,2b,2c,2d.Arethesides Asecondrectanglehasdimensionsx 4+ cmby similar?Why? y 4+ cm.Aretherectanglessimilar?Why?
5. Thedimensionsofarectanglearex cmbyy cm. 6. Thesidesofapentagonare2,3,2,4,5cm.Find Asecondrectanglehasdimensions x3 cmby y3 cm. theperimeterofasimilarpentagonwithtwosides Arethesidessimilar?Why? thatare3cm.
7. Determinethescalefactorofthefollowingsimilarpolygons,withtheobjectontheleftanditsimageonright. Taketheaverageofthreecalculations.Oneofthemeasurementsmustbewithoutmeasuringthelengthofsides ofeachpolygon.
a)
ScaleFactor=
b)
ScaleFactor=
c)
ScaleFactor=
d)
ScaleFactor=
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8. Thetwopolygonsineachproblemaresimilar.Findthemissingmeasures.
a)
x =
y =
z =
b) A+ = D+ =
E+ = H+ =
x = y =
z =
c) a =
b =
c =
d =
d) Findasmanymissinglengthsand anglesaspossible.
e) Findasmanymissinglengthsand anglesaspossible.
1525
3
20
x
y
z7
27
14
12
b
d10
12
6
a
c
45
30
P
Q
N M
O
4
B
C
DA 7
x
y
60˚
120˚408
E
F
G
Hz
32
40˚115
150
B
CD
A
E
120˚
130˚30˚
30B
C
D
A E
F
X
W
U
V
Z
Y
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9. Ifeachdimensionofarectangleisincreasedby 10. Ifeachdimensionofarectangleisincreasedby 25%,isthenewrectanglesimilartotheoriginal? 25%,whatisthescalefactoroftherectangles?
11. Theperimeterofahexagonis20cmandthelongest 12. ADEFisaparallelogram sideis5cm.Whatisthelongestsideofasimilar inscribedinsideT ABC. hexagonwhoseperimeteris32cm? Whatdoesequal?
13. Thescalefactoroftheareasoftwocirclesis25to 14. Thescalefactorofthevolumeoftwocubesis8to 36.Whatisthescalefactoroftheircircumferences? 27.Whatisthescalefactorofthesidesofthecubes?
15. Thevolumesoftwospheresare288r and7776r . 16. Thevolumesoftwospheresare288r and7776r . Whatistheratiooftheirradii? Whatistheratiooftheirsurfaceareas?
EF FAAD DE$$
A
BC
D
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Wehaveallseenourselvesinamirrororourreflectioninalake.Itispossibletotraceadrawingbyfolding apieceofpaperandtracingitsoutline.Theseareexamplesofsymmetryandlinereflection.
Thedottedlinemakeseachhalfofeachfigurethereflectionoftheotherhalf.Thesedottedlinesarelines of symmetry.
Tesselation
Acoveringofaplanewithcongruentcopiesofthesameregion,withnoholesandnooverlaps.
Example:
9.4
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Reflection
AreflectionmapseverypointPtoapointPlsuchthat
a) IfPisnotonthereflectingline,thenthelineistheperpendicularbisectorofPPl b) IfPisontheline,thenP P= l
Inotherwords,areflectionisatransformationthatflipsafigureorobjectoveraline.
AtrianglehasverticesA(2,2),B(3,−3),C(−4,1)
a) Graph ABCT anditsimage A B CT l l lwhere A B CT l l lis ABCT reflectedoverthey-axis.
b) Describetheimageasamappingofageneralpoint(x,y).
c) Graph ABCT andimage A B CT l l lwhere A B CT l l lis ABCT reflectedoverthex-axis.
d) Describetheimageasamappingofageneralpoint(x,y).
►Solution: a) b) , ,x y x y" -^ ^h h
c) d) , ,x y x y" -^ ^h h
Example 1
x
y
A
B
CA´
B´
C´
x
y
A
B
C
A´
B´
C´
reflecting line
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9.4 Exercise Set
1. Determinethelinesofsymmetry(ifpossible).
2. Completeeachshapesothatthedottedlineisalineofsymmetry.
a) b) c)
d) e) f)
g) h) i)
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3. Determinethenumberoflinesofsymmetryforthegeometricfigures.
a) Anequilateraltriangle b) Asquare
c) Aregularpentagon d) Aregularhexagon
e) Aregularheptagon f) Aregularoctagon
4. Drawthereflectinglineinthediagram.
a) b)
c) d)
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5. Sketchtheimageofeachfigureusingthegivenreflectingline.
a) b)
c) d)
6. Makeaholeinonebypropertyofreflection.
a) Drawalineindicatingaholeinone byrollingtheballoffwall“a”.
b) Drawalineindicatingaholeinoneby rollingtheballofwalls“b”then“a”.
7. Toseeyourfullreflectioninamirror,indicatethefollowing:
a) Wheremustthetopofthemirrorbeplacedonthewallsothatyoucanseethetopofyourhead?
b) Whatistheminimumheightofthemirror?
c) Wheredoyouseeyourselfinthemirror?(whereisyourmirrorimage)
hole
wall “a”
wall “b”
ball
P
Gwall
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8. Inbilliards,youare“snookered”whenthecueballcannothittheobjectballdirectly.
a) Indicatethepathofthecueball tohittheeightballwithone bankoffcushion“b”.
b) Indicatethepathofthecueball tohittheeightballwithabank offcushion“a”then“b”.
9. ThetrianglewithverticesA(2,2),B(3,−3), andC(−4,1)isreflectedoverthex-axis.
a) Graph ABCT anditsimage A B CT l l l.
b) Whatistheimagemappingoverthe x-axis? , ,x y "^ ^h h
10. ThetrianglewithverticesA(1,3),B(−2,3), andC(3,5)isreflectedovertheliney x= .
a) Graph ABCT anditsimage A B CT l l l.
b) Whatistheimagemappingoverthe liney x= ? , ,x y "^ ^h h
cue ball
eight ball
C U S H I O N “a”
C U S H I O N “b”
y
x
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11. Ifthepoint(1,3)isreflectedoverthegivenline,whatistheimagepoint?
a) x-axis
b) y-axis
c) y x=
d) x 5=
e) y 4=
12. Ifthepoint ,4 2-^ hisreflectedoverthegivenline,whatistheimagepoint?
a) x-axis
b) y-axis
c) y x=
d) x 1=
e) y 1=-
13. WhenthewordTOTisreflectedonaverticalline, 14. WhenthewordHIDEisreflectedonahorizontal theimageisunchanged.Thinkofthreewordsthat line,theimageisunchanged.Thinkofthreewords areunchangedwhenreflectedonaverticalline. thatareunchangedwhenreflectedonahorizontal line.
y
x
y
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15. Shadeintheunitwhichrepeatstomakethistesselation.Whatfractionoftheareaofthetesselationismade of:smallsquares,largesquares,andrectangles?
a)
Smallsquares
Largesquares
b)
Smallsquares
Rectangles
Largesquares
c)
Smallsquares
Rectangles
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16. Drawthreetesselationsofyourown.
a)
b)
c)
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Section 9.5 - Rotation ♦ 351
Inaturningmotion,allpointsintheoriginalfigureturnthesamenumberofdegreesaboutafixedcentrepoint. Thecentreofrotation,withadirectionandanamountdefinearotation.
Counterclockwiseisthepositivedirection.
Clockwiseisthenegativedirection.
Counterclockwise+60° clockwise−90°
Rotatethefigureinthediagram90°aboutpointA
►Solution: 90°ispositive,thereforetherotationiscounterclockwise.
Example 1
figure
image
centre point .
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|| |
| |
| | |
| | | .A
B
C
A’
B’C’
y
x0clockwise -90
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Centre of Rotation
Tofindthecentreofrotationoftwoobjects,wedrawtheperpendicularbisectorofatleasttwocorresponding points.Thecentreofrotationiswherethetwoperpendicularbisectinglinesmeet.
Locatethecentreofrotation.
►Solution:
Thecentreofrotationis ,21 1-` j.
Locatethecentreofrotation.
►Solution:
Thecentreofrotationis ,1 1^ h.
Example 2
Example 3
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9.5 Exercise Set
1. a) Rotatethefigure180°aboutthecentre b) Rotatethefigure180°aboutthecentre ofrotation,pointP. ofrotation,pointP.
c) Rotatethefigure90°aboutthecentre d) Rotatethefigure−90°aboutthecentre ofrotation,pointA. ofrotation,pointA.
2. Rotatetheimageaboutthepointindicated,andlabelvertices.
a) Rotate41 turncounterclockwise. b) Rotate
41 turnclockwise.
.P
.A
.
y
x .
y
x
.P
.A
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3. TrianglesI,IIandIIIarerotationimagesof ABCT .Findthecentreofeachrotation.
TriangleI
TriangleII
TriangleIII
4. Rotatingthehexagon60degreesaroundpointOiswrittenasR0,60 .Determinethepointthatreplaces“A”after thegivenrotationisperformed.
Example: RO,60 → B
a) RO, 60- →
b) RO,300 →
c) RO, 120- →
d) RO,540 →
5. Nametwodifferentrotationsthatwillallowaferriswheelridertoexittheferriswheel.
Example: RiderA: RO,30 ,RO, 330-
a) RiderB: ,
b) RiderD: ,
c) RiderH: ,
d) RiderI: ,
6. Locatethecentreofrotation.
a) b)
A
B
CI II
III
.O
A
B
C
D
E
F
A
B
C
D
E F
G
H
I
JK
EXIT
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image
figure
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7. Locatethecentreofrotation.
a) b)
8. Ahalf-turnaboutthepoint(2,2)maps(2,−1)to(2,5).Wheredoesahalfturnmapthefollowingpoints about(2,2).
a) (0,0)
b) (3,0)
c) (0,3)
d) (−4,−1)
9. Theverticesof ABCT areA(2,1),B(6,1),andC(5,3).Thetriangleisrotated180°abouttheorigin. Graphthetriangleanditsimage.Labelthevertices.
10. Theverticesof ABCT areA(−6,−1),B(−5,−4),andC(−1,−4).Thetriangleisrotated90°abouttheorigin. Graphthetriangleanditsimage.Labelthevertices.
y
A
BC B’
A’
C’
x
y
B
C
D
A
A’B’
C’ D’
x
y
. (2,2)
x
y
x
y
x
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Section 9.1
1. Completethetable.
ObjectLength ImageLength ScaleFactor8m 6m15cm 25cm12in 1.6
12in 1.624mm 0.8
24mm 0.8
2. Determinethescalefactorofthefollowing.
a) b)
Object Image Object Image
Thescalefactoris. Thescalefactoris.
Section 9.2
3. Completeeachstatement.
a) Ifba b
57+ = ,then
ba = . b) If
ba b
32- = ,then
ba = .
c) Ifba
31= ,then
ba b+ = . d) If
ba
56= ,then
ba b- = .
Chapter Review9.6
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4. Findthevalueofx.
a) x32
73+ = b) x x
42
83- = +
5. Solveforthemissingside.
a) b)
x=
y= x=
Section 9.3
6. Findthemissingmeasuresofthesimilarpolygons.
a=
b=
c=
d=
7. Ifitcosts$200tostainadeckmeasuring4mby 8. Apaintingmeasuring120cmwideby80cmtall 5m,whatwoulditcosttostainadeck5mby7m? ismountedinapictureframe.Thereisamargin of6cmwideatthetopandeachsideofthe painting.Ifthepaintingissimilartotheframe, whatmustbethewidthofthemarginatthe bottomofthepainting?
8
3
5 9
x
y
18
8
12
b
d 6
9
10
a
c
3
2
x
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Section 9.4
9. Completethefollowingstatements.
a) Whenanobjectisreflectedoverthex-axis,(x,y)→.
b) Whenanobjectisreflectedoverthey-axis,(x,y)→.
c) Whenanobjectisreflectedovertheliney=x,(x,y)→.
Section 9.5
10. Counterclockwiseisthepositive/negativedirection.(circleone)
Clockwiseisthepositive/negativedirection.(circleone)
11. RotatethefigureaboutpointO.
a) 90° b) −90°
12. Locatethecentreofrotation.
a) b)
O O
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