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Smartboard Notes.notebook 1 December 03, 2018 Apr 87:54 PM 4.3 Similar Triangles A. Identify Similar Triangles Two triangles are similar if their corresponding angles are equal. Notation: ABC EFG

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Page 1: 4.3 Similar Triangles - Grade 9 Math...Tonya is 1.3 meters tall. She stands 7 meters in front of a tree and casts a shadow 1.8 meters long. How tall is the tree? Smartboard Notes.notebook

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4.3 Similar Triangles

A. Identify Similar Triangles

Two triangles are similar if their corresponding angles are equal. 

Notation:

∆ABC ∆EFG

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Similar triangles have porportional sides. 

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1. Determine if each pair of triangles is similar.  Show how you know.

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1. Determine if each pair of triangles is similar.  Show how you know.

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c) 

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B. Using Similar Triangles 

Example 1 – Kyle is drawing triangles for a math puzzle.  Use your knowledge of similar triangles to determine:

a) if the triangles are similar

b) the missing side length

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Part b can be solved using two methods:

Method 1 – Use a scale factor

Method 2 – Use a proportion

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Example 2 – Word ProblemTonya is 1.3 meters tall.  She stands 7 meters in front of a tree and casts a shadow 1.8 meters long.  How tall is the tree? 

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You try:

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