Similar Figures Geometry Math
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Similar figures geometry math. In a pair of similar figures the measures of corresponding angles are equal and the corresponding sides are in proportion. Learn what it means for two figures to be similar and how to determine whether two figures are similar or not. The triangles at the right are similar. Use this concept to prove geometric theorems and solve some problems with polygons.
If one shape can become another using resizing also calleddilation contraction compression enlargementor even expansion then the shapes are similar. Therefore when we have two similar figures one is a larger or smaller version of the other. As we ve discussed similar figures have the same shape. Two shapes are similarwhen one can become the other after a resize flip slide or turn.
Figures that are the same shape but not necessarily the same size are called similar figures.