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Similar Triangles

Similar triangles have equal corresponding angles and sides that are proportional. The document demonstrates how to identify similar triangles by showing equal angles and uses scale factors to calculate missing side lengths. Examples show finding a scale factor from given sides and using it to determine an unknown side. It also explains how to prove triangles are similar by showing either equal angles or corresponding sides connected by a constant scale factor.

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Similar Triangles

Similar triangles have equal corresponding angles and sides that are proportional. The document demonstrates how to identify similar triangles by showing equal angles and uses scale factors to calculate missing side lengths. Examples show finding a scale factor from given sides and using it to determine an unknown side. It also explains how to prove triangles are similar by showing either equal angles or corresponding sides connected by a constant scale factor.

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Kristina Roko Evcevska
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Similar Triangles

Similar shapes
Are Enlargements of each
other
Corresponding angles are
equal
Sides are related by the
same scale factor

Similar Triangles
Triangles are similar if matching
angles remain the same size.

100
30
50

100
30
50

Show that these triangles are similar


10

50

120
10

50

120

To calculate a length
15
5x

x3

Scale factor 3

15

1
3
18

Scale factor 1/3

12

Harder example
A

3
4
D

6
C

B
Triangle ABC is similar to triangle ADE.
DE is parallel to BC.
Calculate the length of BC

Harder example
A
D

12
9x
3

and then
AB & DE are parallel

Explain why ABC is similar to CDE

<CED = <BAC Alternate Angles


<EDC = <ABC Alternate Angles
<ECD = <ACB Vert Opp Angles

3
C

D
?

Triangle ABC is similar to Triangle CDE

and then
Calculate the length of DE

AC corresponds to CE

Scale Factor = 2

AB corresponds to DE
DE = 2 x AB

3
C

DE = 10cm

D
?

Summary Similar shapes


To calculate missing sides, we
first of all need the scale factor
We then either multiply or
divide by the scale factor
To show that 2 shapes are
similar we can either show that
all of the sides are connected
by the scale factor or show that
matching angles are the same

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