GM:G-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 Y has an area of 11 square units. Celia drew a scaled version of Polygon Y using a scale factor of 3 and labeled it Polygon Z.
What is the
area of Polygon Z?
Polygon V has an area of square unit. Jun-seo drew a scaled version of Polygon V using a scale factor of and labeled it Polygon W.
What is the
area of Polygon W?
Polygon A has an area of square units. Beth drew a scaled version of Polygon A and labeled it Polygon B. Polygon B has an area of square units.
What
scale factor did Beth use to go from Polygon A to Polygon B?
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