Similar Triangles and Indirect Measurement

Are the triangles similar?

• Yes
• No

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2

CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.3

CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

How many meters long is the missing side?

If two figures are similar their angles are______.

• proportional
• congruent
• supplementary
• complementary

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CCSS.8.G.A.2

CCSS.HSG.CO.B.6

If two figures are similar, the corresponding sides are ______________.

• equal
• congruent
• proportional
• none of these

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CCSS.HSG.CO.B.6

CCSS.8.G.A.2

How many inches is x?

A gymnasium is 96 feet long and 75 feet wide.  On a blueprint, the gymnasium is 5.5 inches long.  To the nearest tenth of an inch, what is the width of the gymnasium on the blueprint?  

Which of the following is NOT true about similar figures?

• A) Similar figures always have the same shape.
• B) Similar figures always have the same size.
• C) Similar figures always have corresponding angles that are equal.
• D) Similar figures always have corresponding sides that are proportional.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.B.6

CCSS.8.G.A.2

A telephone booth that is 8 ft tall casts a shadow that is 4 ft long.  Find the height of a lawn ornament that casts a 2 ft shadow.

• 4 ft
• 2 ft
• 8 ft
• 6ft

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CCSS.7.RP.A.3

If a 42.9 ft tall statue casts a 253.1 ft long shadow then how long is the shadow that a 6.2 ft tall man casts?

• 41.7 ft
• 36.6 ft
• 34.6 ft
• 38.8 ft

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CCSS.7.RP.A.3

A power pole 10 m tall casts a shadow 8 meters long, at the same time that a building nearby casts a shadow 14 m long.  How many meters tall is the building?