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Triangle Similarity Practice Date________________ Period____

State if the triangles in each pair are similar. If so, state how you know they are similar and
complete the similarity statement.
1) 2)
C R
56 35
54 °
L M
D
54 ° T S
70

10
C D

5 8
K B

MLK ~ ______ RST ~ ______

3) 4)
20 U D
R 91 Q
T
42
28
24
182
S
C B
12
QRS ~ ______
14
L K
6
12
M

BCD ~ ______
5) 6)
L K D

30
36 H
G C
40
M
E
48

F D

KLM ~ ______ F

HGF ~ ______

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H F

33

L 120
G M U
36 T E

110

N S

LMN ~ ______ UTS ~ ______

9) 10)
M
49 B
100 ° 35 35
F 25
N
27 ° D N 45 M
103 °
D C
E 63

DEF ~ ______ BCD ~ ______

Solve for x. The triangles in each pair are similar.
11) 12)
A E
65
44 48 30
D F
C B U
T S

117

55
13x - 5

R V
5x - 11 W
13) 14)
V T
4x - 2
65 21
R 130 Q R S
U
7x + 1 F
50
169
E D
35
P

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 Answers to Triangle Similarity Practice (ID: 1)
1) similar; AA similarity; MCD 2) similar; SSS similarity; BCD
3) not similar 4) similar; SSS similarity; MLK
5) similar; AA similarity; FED 6) similar; SAS similarity; HDC
7) similar; SAS similarity; LGH 8) not similar 9) not similar
10) similar; SSS similarity; BMN 11) 5 12) 13
13) 7 14) 8

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