Transformations and Similarity in Geometry

Transformations and Similarity in Geometry

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Thomas White

FREE Resource

The video tutorial covers dilations and similarity transformations in geometry. It explains how dilations map points using a scale factor, with examples of enlargements and reductions. The tutorial also discusses similarity transformations, which include dilations and congruence transformations like translations, reflections, and rotations. It demonstrates how to determine if polygons are similar using these transformations and highlights cases where polygons are not similar. The video concludes with a preview of the next topic on proving circles similar.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the result of a transformation that maps (x, y) to (kx, ky) when k > 1?

No change in the image

An enlargement of the image

A reflection of the image

A reduction of the image

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If the scale factor k is between 0 and 1, what happens to the image?

It becomes a mirror image

It becomes larger

It becomes smaller

It remains the same size

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the relationship between similarity ratios and scale factors?

They are unrelated

Similarity ratios are the inverse of scale factors

They are equivalent

Scale factors are twice the similarity ratios

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a dilation with a scale factor of 2, what happens to the coordinates of a point (x, y)?

They become (2x, 2y)

They remain (x, y)

They become (x+2, y+2)

They become (x/2, y/2)

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the effect of a scale factor less than one on a pre-image?

It enlarges the pre-image

It reduces the pre-image

It rotates the pre-image

It reflects the pre-image

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do dilations affect angle measures?

They halve the angle measures

They change the angle measures

They double the angle measures

They preserve the angle measures

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is required for two polygons to be similar?

They must be congruent

They must have the same area

There must be a similarity transformation mapping one to the other

They must have the same perimeter

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