KEY CONCEPT KEY

CONCEPT

Two-dimensional figures are similar if there is a sequence of rotations,

reflections, translations, and dilations that maps one figure onto the other.

Do You Understand? Do You Know How?

1. Essential Question   How are similar figures 4. Is trapezoid ABCD ∼ trapezoid EFGH? Explain.
related by a sequence of transformations?
20 ft
B C
F 10 ft G
28 ft 14 ft
E H
16 ft
A D
32 ft

Use the graph for 5 and 6.

2. Be Precise  How do the angle measures and y

6
side lengths compare in similar figures?  MP.6

2
x
−4 −2 O 2 4 6 8
A B

C
−4
F D
−6

3. Generalize  Does a given translation, reflection,
or rotation, followed by a given dilation, always
map a figure to the same image as that same
dilation followed by that same translation,
reflection, or rotation? Explain.  MP.8
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E
5. △ABC is dilated by a factor of 2 with a center
of dilation at point C, reflected across the x-axis,
and translated 3 units up. Graph the resulting
similar figure.

6. Is △ABC similar to △DEF? Explain.

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