NC.8.G.4.b
Understand that a two-dimensional figure is similar to another if the second can be obtained from the first by a sequence of rotations, reflections, translations, and dilations.
Example Problems
A scale on a hiking map shows that 3 inches represents 1.25 miles.
What number of inches on the map represent 10 actual miles?
What number of inches on the map represent 10 actual miles?
A scale on a map shows that 3 centimeters represents 10 kilometers.
What number of centimeters on the map represents an actual distance of 25 kilometers?
What number of centimeters on the map represents an actual distance of 25 kilometers?
A scale on a hiking map shows that 1.5 inches represents 4 miles.
What number of actual miles are represented by 6 inches on the map?
What number of actual miles are represented by 6 inches on the map?
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