Is rectangle ABCD similar to rectangle EFGH?
Is rectangle ABCD similar to rectangle EFGH?
The two parallelograms above are similar. The ratio between their sides is 3:4.
What is the ratio between the the areas of the parallelograms?
In front of you are two hexagons with a similarity ratio. Which angles are corresponding?
Which figure shows a pair of similar polygons?
Which shapes are similar?
Is rectangle ABCD similar to rectangle EFGH?
We first need to verify the ratio of similarity.
We examine if:
To do this, we substitute our values in:
The ratio is not equal, therefore the rectangles are not similar.
No
The two parallelograms above are similar. The ratio between their sides is 3:4.
What is the ratio between the the areas of the parallelograms?
The square of the ratio between the sides is equal to the ratio between the areas of the parallelograms:
9:16
In front of you are two hexagons with a similarity ratio. Which angles are corresponding?
Angle C = Angle O
Which figure shows a pair of similar polygons?
Which shapes are similar?
The rectangles are similar.
Which statement is true?
Which statement is true?
It cannot be determined.