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Similar figures have the same shape but not necessarily the same size, with equal corresponding angles but proportional side lengths. The scale factor relates measurements between similar shapes by taking the length of one figure divided by the length of the other. Both the area and volume of similar shapes are directly proportional to the scale factor, with the area ratio being the scale factor squared and volume ratio being the scale factor cubed.

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Similarity

Similar figures have the same shape but not necessarily the same size, with equal corresponding angles but proportional side lengths. The scale factor relates measurements between similar shapes by taking the length of one figure divided by the length of the other. Both the area and volume of similar shapes are directly proportional to the scale factor, with the area ratio being the scale factor squared and volume ratio being the scale factor cubed.

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Similarity – Darshil Shah

Similarity is the relationship between two- or three-dimensional figures having the


same shape but not necessarily the same size. The angle of two similar polygons
or solids is equal, but the lengths of the sides are only proportional.

If one side of a figure, Q, is twice the length of the corresponding side of a similar
figure, R, then all of figure Q’s sides will be twice the length of the corresponding
sides of figure R. A double-size enlargement of a photograph, for example, is
similar to the original. In the enlargement all the distances in the original picture
are increased by a factor of two.

We can relate and calculate the various measurements of similar shapes by using a
Scale Factor

Scale Factor = length of new figure / length of new figure


Area of Similar Shapes
When finding the area, the sides must be in proportion and therefore here must be
a ratio. The total area is the amount of ratio on both sides. If the ratio is 1:2 then
the area would be 1u2 and 4u2 (if the sides are 1 and 2 u long)
Example

Volume of Similar Shapes


When finding volume the sides again have to be in proportion to each other. When
you find the area there are only 2 dimensions, but in volume you have to add
another one. Therefore, if the ratio is 1:3, the total volume will be 1u 3 and 9u3 (if
the sides are 1 and 3 u). If the height is in proportion to one another, then the
area’s ratio will also be.

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