Proportions and Similarity

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Proportions and Similarity

• 9.1 Using Ratios and Proportions

• 9.2 Similar Polygons

• 9.3 Similar Triangles

• 9.4 Proportional Parts and Triangles

• 9.5 Triangles and Parallel Lines

• 9.6 Proportional Parts and Parallel Lines

• 9.7 Perimeters and Similarity

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Using Ratios and Proportions
What You'll Learn
You will learn to use ratios and proportions to
solve problems.
1) ratio 2) proportion 3) cross products 4)
extremes 5) means
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Using Ratios and Proportions
In 2000, about 180 million tons of solid waste
was created in the United States. The paper made
up about 72 million tons of this waste.
The ratio of paper waste to total waste is 72 to
180.
This ratio can be written in the following ways.
72 to 180
72180
72 180
a to b
ab
a b
where b ? 0
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Using Ratios and Proportions
proportion
A __________ is an equation that shows two
equivalent ratios.
Every proportion has two cross products.
In the proportion to the right, the terms 20 and
3 are called the extremes,
and the terms 30 and 2 are called the means.

20(3)
30(2)
The cross products are 20(3) and 30(2).
60 60
equal
The cross products are always _____ in a
proportion.
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Using Ratios and Proportions
Likewise,
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Using Ratios and Proportions
Solve each proportion

30(6)

(30 x)2
3(x)
15(2x)
3x 60 2x
30x 180
x 6
5x 60
x 12
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Using Ratios and Proportions
The gear ratio is the number of teeth on the
driving gear to the number of teeth on the driven
gear.
If the gear ratio is 52 and the driving
gear has 35 teeth, how many teeth does the
driven gear have?
5
35
x
2
5x 70
The driven gear has 14 teeth.
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Using Ratios and Proportions
End of Section 9.1
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Similar Polygons
What You'll Learn
You will learn to identify similar polygons.
1) polygons 2) sides 3) similar polygons 4)
scale drawing
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Similar Polygons
A polygon is a ______ figure in a plane formed by
segments called sides.
closed
It is a general term used to describe a geometric
figure with at least three sides.
Polygons that are the same shape but not
necessarily the same size are called
______________.
similar polygons
The symbol is used to show that two figures
are similar.
?ABC ?DEF
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Similar Polygons
proportional
Polygon ABCD polygon EFGH
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Similar Polygons
Determine if the polygons are similar. Justify
your answer.
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4
5
7
1) Are corresponding angles are _________.
congruent
2) Are corresponding sides ___________.
proportional
0.66 0.71
The polygons are NOT similar!
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Similar Polygons
Find the values of x and y if ?RST ?JKL
6
4
y 2
7
4(y 2) 42
4y 8 42
5
4
4y 34
x
7
4x 35
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Similar Polygons
Scale drawings are often used to represent
something that is too large or too small to be
drawn at actual size.
Contractors use scale drawings to represent the
floorplan of a house.
Use proportions to find the actual dimensions of
the kitchen.
1.25 in.
.75 in.
1 in
1 in
L ft.
w ft.
16 ft
16 ft
(16)(1.25) w
(16)(.75) L
20 w
12 L
width is 20 ft.
length is 12 ft.
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Similar Polygons
End of Section 9.2
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Similar Triangles
What You'll Learn
You will learn to use AA, SSS, and SAS similarity
tests for triangles.
Nothing New!
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Similar Triangles
Some of the triangles are similar, as shown below.
The Bank of China building in Hong Kong is one of
the ten tallest buildings in the world.
Designed by American architect I.M. Pei, the
outside of the 70-story building is sectioned
into triangles which are meant to resemble the
trunk of a bamboo plant.
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Similar Triangles
In previous lessons, you learned several basic
tests for determining whether two triangles are
congruent. Recall that each congruence test
involves only three corresponding parts of each
triangle.
Likewise, there are tests for similarity that
will not involve all the parts of each triangle.
similar
C
F
D
A
E
B
If ?A ?D and ?B ?E, then ?ABC ?DEF
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Similar Triangles
Two other tests are used to determine whether two
triangles are similar.
proportional
C
6
F
2
3
1
A
E
D
B
4
8
then the triangles are similar
then ?ABC ?DEF
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Similar Triangles
proportional
C
F
2
1
D
A
E
B
4
8
then ?ABC ?DEF
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Similar Triangles
Determine whether the triangles are similar.
If so, tell which similarity test is used and
complete the statement.
6
10
14
, the triangles are similar by SSS similarity.
Since


15
21
9
JMP
Therefore, ?GHK ?
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Similar Triangles
Fransisco needs to know the trees height. The
trees shadow is 18 feet longat the same time
that his shadow is 4 feet long.
If Fransisco is 6 feet tall, how tall is the tree?
1) The suns rays form congruent angles with
the ground.
2) Both Fransisco and the tree form right
angles with the ground.
6
4
t
18
4t 108
t 27
6 ft.
The tree is 27 feet tall!
4 ft.
18 ft.
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Similar Triangles
Slade is a surveyor.
To find the distance across Muddy Pond, he forms
similar triangles and measures distances as
shown.
What is the distance across Muddy Pond?
10
8

It is 36 meters across Muddy Pond!
x
45
10x 360
x 36
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Similar Triangles
End of Section 9.3
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Proportional Parts and Triangles
What You'll Learn
You will learn to identify and use the
relationships between proportional parts of
triangles.
Nothing New!
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Proportional Parts and Triangles
In ?PQR,
Are ?PQR and ?PST, similar?
corresponding angles
?PST ? ?PQR
?P ? ?P
?PQR ?PST. Why? (What theorem /
postulate?)
S
T
AA Similarity (Postulate 9-1)
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Proportional Parts and Triangles
parallel
similar
?ABC ?ADE.
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Proportional Parts and Triangles
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Proportional Parts and Triangles
proportional lengths
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Proportional Parts and Triangles
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Proportional Parts and Triangles
Jacob is a carpenter.
Needing to reinforce this roof rafter, he
must find the length of the brace.
4
x
4
10
10x 16
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Proportional Parts and Triangles
End of Section 9.4
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Triangles and Parallel Lines
What You'll Learn
You will learn to use proportions to determine
whether lines are parallel to sides of triangles.
Nothing New!
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Triangles and Parallel Lines
You know that if a line is parallel to one side
of a triangle and intersects the other two
sides, then it separates the sides into segments
of proportional lengths (Theorem 9-5).
The converse of this theorem is also true.
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Triangles and Parallel Lines
one-half
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Triangles and Parallel Lines
Use theorem 9 7 to find the length of segment
DE.
A
x
11
E
D
22
C
B
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Triangles and Parallel Lines
A, B, and C are midpoints of the sides of ?MNP.
Complete each statement.
2) If BC 14, then MN ____
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s
3) If m?MNP s, then m?BCP ___
4) If MP 18x, then AC __
9x
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Triangles and Parallel Lines
A, B, and C are midpoints of the sides of ?DEF.
1) Find DE, EF, and FD.
14 10 16
2) Find the perimeter of ?ABC
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3) Find the perimeter of ?DEF
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4) Find the ratio of the perimeter of
?ABC to the perimeter of ?DEF.
2040
12
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Triangles and Parallel Lines
ABCD is a quadrilateral.
They are parallel
Q2) What kind of figure is EFHG ?
Parallelogram
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Triangles and Parallel Lines
End of Section 9.5
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Proportional Parts and Parallel Lines
What You'll Learn
You will learn to identify and use the
relationships betweenparallel lines and
proportional parts.
Nothing New!
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Proportional Parts and Parallel Lines
Hands-On
On your given paper, draw two (transversals)
lines intersecting the parallel lines.
Label the intersections of the transversals and
the parallel lines, as shown here.
Do the parallel lines divide the transversals
proportionally?
Yes
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Proportional Parts and Parallel Lines
If l m n
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Proportional Parts and Parallel Lines
Find the value of x.
UV
GH
HJ
VW
12
15
18
x
12x 18(15)
12x 270
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Proportional Parts and Parallel Lines
If l m n and
Then
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Proportional Parts and Parallel Lines
Find the value of x.
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A
B
10
Theorem 9 - 9
C
(x 3) (2x 2)
x 3 2x 2
(2x 2)
8
(x 3)
8
F
E
D
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Proportional Parts and Parallel Lines
End of Section 9.6
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Perimeters and Similarity
What You'll Learn
You will learn to identify and use proportional
relationships of similar triangles.
1) Scale Factor
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Perimeters and Similarity
These right triangles are similar! Therefore,
the measures of their corresponding sides are
___________.
proportional
Pythagorean
Use the ____________ theoremto calculate the
length of the hypotenuse.
10
6
15
9
8
12
8
10
2
6
We know that



12
15
3
9
Is there a relationship between the measures of
the perimeters of the two triangles?
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Perimeters and Similarity

the measures of the corresponding perimeters
are proportional to

the measures of the
corresponding sides.
If ?ABC ?DEF, then
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Perimeters and Similarity
The perimeter of ?RST is 9 units, and ?RST
?MNP.
Find the value of each variable.
Theorem 9-10
The perimeter of ?MNP is 3 6 4.5
3y 12
3z 9
27 13.5x
Cross Products
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Perimeters and Similarity
The ratio found by comparing the measures of
corresponding sides of similar triangles is
called the constant of proportionality or the
___________.
scale factor
If ?ABC ?DEF, then
The scale factor of ?ABC to ?DEF is
Each ratio is equivalent to
The scale factor of ?DEF to ?ABC is
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Perimeters and Similarity
End of Section 9.7
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Proportional Parts and Triangles
Hands-On
A
B
F
C
G
D
H
E
I
What can you conclude about the lines through the
sides of ?AEI and parallel to segment EI?
This activity suggests Theorem 9-5.