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Lesson Outline
• Similar triangles
• Similar polygons
• Transformations
 Are these figures similar?
12

3
60°

75° 3

6
 Two triangles are similar if:
35°
35°

All sides are in 4 4 2 2

All angles
the same ratio 30° 115°
are equal
2
4 30°
115°

Two sides are 75°

75° Right triangles hypotenuse
in the same ratio 9
3
with hypotenuse 8
and the included 3 1 6 16 12
and one side are
angles are equal
in the same ratio
 Polygons are similar if:

75° 75°

6 6
12 12

80° 80°

4 125° 4

80° 80°

All corresponding sides are proportional 8 125° 8

All corresponding angles are equal

 Think about this:

Are all equilateral triangles Are all squares and

similar? rectangles similar?
Two figures are similar if
the second figure was
taken or created from a
rotation, reflection,
translation, or dilation.
rotation reflection translation

15

5
A dilation is when a
figure has increased 5 5 15 15
or decreased in the same
ratio. 5

15
 Which pairs of figures are similar?
1
60° 5
80° 5

4 1
4 2 1
75° 2
80° 60° 60° 5
1
5

1
8
2
80°
1 8 8
2 1
80°
2
8
1
5
 ANSWER KEY

Which pairs of figures are similar?

1
60° 5
80° 5

4 1
4 2 1
75° 2
80° 60° 60° 5
1
5

1
8
2
80°
1 8 8
2 1
80°
2
8
1
5
 Recap
Triangles are similar if: Polygons are similar if:

• All angles are equal • All corresponding sides

• All sides are in the same ratio are proportional.
• Two sides are in the same ratio and • All corresponding
angles are equal.
the included angles are equal
• Right triangles with hypotenuse and
one side in the same ratio
Give an example for this statement:

All congruent figures can be

considered similar, but not all
similar figures are congruent.
Reference
Mathspace. "9.01 Dilations and Similarity | Grade 8 Math | Common Core
8 - 2023 Edition." Accessed 21 June 2023,
https://mathspace.co/textbooks/syllabuses/Syllabus-1157/topics/Topic-
21911/subtopics/Subtopic-279940?searchString=