Dilations and Similarity ESL

What is Dilation?

• Dilation means to enlarge or reduce a shape

• Dilation means to flip over a line

• Dilation means two figures that look alike

• Dilation means to make a shape smaller

Tell whether the two figures are congruent or similar.

• Congruent, because their sides are the same.

• Congruent, because their sides are proportional.

• Similar, because their sides are the same.

• Similar, because their sides are proportional.

• They are not congruent or similar.

Tell whether the two figures are congruent or similar.

• Congruent, because their sides are the same.

• Congruent, because their sides are proportional.

• Similar, because their sides are the same.

• Similar, because their sides are proportional.

• They are neither congruent or similar.

Tell whether the transformation is a dilation. Explain.

• No, scale factor isn't the same.

• Yes, scale factor is the same.

Are the triangles similar?

• Yes

• No

How are the triangles similar?

• AA

• SAS

• SSS

• NEI or Not Similar

Choose the correct scale factor:

• 2

• 3

• 1/3

• 1/2

Select ALL the true statements about an image after a dilation.

• The image is a different shape than the preimage.

• The image is a different size than the preimage.

• The image has the same angle measures as the preimage.

• The image is similar to the preimage.

• The image has the same side lengths as the preimage.

Triangle PQR is the image of triangle JKL after a dilation. Is the dilation an enlargement or a reduction? Explain.

• Enlargement, because the image is larger than the original figure.

• Enlargement, because the image is smaller than the original figure.

• Reduction, because the image is smaller than the original figure.

• Reduction, because the image is larger than the original figure.

Figure D´E´F´G´ is a dilation with center (0, 0) of figure DEFG. What is the scale factor?