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Compendium of Notes in Math 7: Arnel D. Manale

Similar triangles are triangles that have the same angles but not necessarily the same side lengths. Corresponding sides of similar triangles have the same ratio. To determine if two triangles are similar, you can check if two angles of one triangle are equal to two angles of the other triangle. Or you can set up a proportion between corresponding sides and solve. If the polygons have the same shape and all sides are proportional, then the polygons are similar. The scale factor is the ratio between corresponding sides of two similar polygons and describes the relationship between the sizes of the polygons.

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Compendium of Notes in Math 7: Arnel D. Manale

Similar triangles are triangles that have the same angles but not necessarily the same side lengths. Corresponding sides of similar triangles have the same ratio. To determine if two triangles are similar, you can check if two angles of one triangle are equal to two angles of the other triangle. Or you can set up a proportion between corresponding sides and solve. If the polygons have the same shape and all sides are proportional, then the polygons are similar. The scale factor is the ratio between corresponding sides of two similar polygons and describes the relationship between the sizes of the polygons.

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COMPENDIUM

OF NOTES IN
MATH 7

ARNEL D. MANALE
BSED 1V-A
Title: SIMILAR TRIANGLES

Discussion :

Similar triangles are two triangles that have all the same angles.

For example:

180-x-y
y

x
180-x-y
x

If two angles are the same the third has to be the same because all three angle add up to 180.

If all angles are the same, we are dealing with Similar triangle.

We can use information to figure out some of the side. Even though they do not have the same
side the ratio of corresponding side is the same.

7 6 y
x
For example
2
x 2
5 =
7 5

14
x=
They are corresponding 5
sides

The side with red lines are corresponding sides, similarly the orange line.
The ratio between corresponding sides is always the same.
Title: IDENTIFY THE SIMILAR TRIANGLE AND FIND EACH MEASURE

Discussion : S

3x-3

V
14
x+2
6

R T
U

What we need to do take away the triangle, separate the triangles so can see them as their own
identity. We are going to drag them separately
S
3x-3 4x-1
+
14 x+2

T x+2
R 6

U T
They are similar, if they similar then, that means that their side length are proportional to each other.

ST SR
VT
= VU

4 x−1
x +2
= 14
6
After having a proportion, we can
solve it by cross multiplication
6(4x-1)=14(x+2)
24x-6=14x-24
10x-34
17
x= 5 6
Title: SIMILAR POLYGONS

Discussion :
6
Similar :
Same shape, different sizes
All ‘s
all sides proportional

SCALE FACTOR
-between two polygons is the proportion of the side lengths

Let say;
10
5
3
6 3

3 3

4
3
8
To find the scale factor take any two corresponding legs
3

4:8
The scale factor 1
1:2 or 2
The scale factor doesn’t matter which pair corresponding sides it will be the same.

The scale factor describe the relationship of small to big corresponding side to the
other corresponding side .

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