Enrichment Similar Triangles - Missing Side

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 tall is the building?

• 9 m
• 15.2 m
• 12 m
• 17.5 m

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.4

A map has a scale of 3 cm:18km.  If Oakdale and Woodridge are 54 km apart, then they are how far apart on the map?

• 15 cm
• 8.7 cm
• 9 cm
• 6 cm

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CCSS.7.G.A.1

State the postulate that proves these triangles are similar.

• SSS
• SAS
• AA
• Not similar

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

Find missing side

• 5
• 7
• 9
• 11

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2

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.8.G.A.2

CCSS.HSG.CO.B.6

The triangles are similar, solve for the question mark.

• 8
• 12.5
• 18
• 24

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2

Complete each proportion.
CB / DM  =  AC / ?

• BM
• MA
• BC
• AD

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2