1) What has to be the same in order for two parallelograms to be similar?
In order for them to be similar the scale factors need to be the same
2) Describe a way to find a missing side length in a pair of similar figures.
Use scale factor to find the missing side length.
3) I have a small isosceles triangle with a base of 3 inches and other sides are 4 inches.I want to create a similar isosceles triangle with a base of 7.5 inches.What should the other side lengths be and why?
The other side lengths should be 10 inches because 4x2.5=10
Friday, October 31, 2008
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What else needs to be the same in order for shapes to be similar? 8/9 - pretty good, Chris.
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