October 29, 2019...•similar figures •corresponding parts •congruent exactly the same shape but different sizes measurements are equal tilde is similar to I is congruent to. Concept

October 29, 2019 • Bellringer – GPA page 316 (30, 31)

Bellringer Answers

GPA page 316 (30, 31) 30. 80 mi. 31. 240 mi.

Then/Now

You have already used scales and scale factors to make scale drawings of objects. (Lesson 6–6)

• I CAN find missing measures of similar figures.

Vocabulary

• similar figures

• corresponding parts

• congruent

exactly the same shapebut different sizes

measurements are equaltilde is similar to

I is congruent to

Concept

If shapes are similar their anglesare congruent

Example 1 A

Find Measures of Similar Figures

A. The figures are similar. Find the missing measure. O

57 of is

FEED EX 8,25 in X 8.25

Example 1 A

Find Measures of Similar Figures

B. The figures are similar. Find the missing measure.

11 12

Example 1CYP A

A. The figures are similar. Find the missing measure.

X 6m

Example 1 B CYP

B. The figures are similar. Find the missing value of x.

FEx 4 Sam

Example 2

Find Measures of Similar Figures

NESTED BOXES Nested boxes are a series of boxes that fit inside each other. The faces of the boxes are similar rectangles. A face on a larger box has a length of 24 centimeters and a width of 13.5 centimeters. If the width of a face on a smaller box is 9 centimeters, what is the length of the smaller box?

WEX 16cm

Example 2

MAPS In the figure, ΔMNO is similar to ΔQPO. Find the distance across the park.

8mi X3mi

X 4,8mi

Homework

GPA page 307 (1-14 all)