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Defining Similarity
AMSTI
Geometry Year 1
Day 3
Same Shape?
Lily/Lulu/Lola
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Which worked?
Which didn’t work?
Why?
Statue of Liberty’s Nose
 Solution?
 Set up?
 Other body parts?
Two congruent ratios……
Define SIMILAR
Two polygons with the same
number of sides are similar IF:
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Their corresponding _?_
are _?_ ,
Their corresponding _?_ are
in _?_.
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Example:
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3
6
4
?
6
4
?
Homework #8
Notation:
B
Z
Y
A
D
C
X
W
Counterexamples
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All odd numbers are prime.
If a number is even, then it is a multiple
of four.
If two polygons have their
corresponding angles equal, then the
polygons are similar.