HSG.SRT.A.2

Given two figures, use the definition of similarity in terms of similarity transformations to decide if they are similar; explain using similarity transformations the meaning of similarity for triangles as the equality of all corresponding pairs of angles and the proportionality of all corresponding pairs of sides.

Example Problems
Polygon H is a scaled copy of Polygon F using a scale factor of .
Polygon H's area is what fraction of Polygon F's area?
Polygon E is a scaled copy of Polygon F using a scale factor of .
Polygon E's
area is what fraction of Polygon F's area?
Polygon R is a scaled copy of Polygon S using a scale factor of .
Polygon R's
area is what fraction of Polygon S's area?
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