Chapter 6 Review
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A comparison of two quantities is called _______________. A _______________ can be written in three
different ways. Name the three ways using the letter a and b.
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A statement that two ratios are equal is called a _______________. When solving a proportion, you use cross
products. Write an example of a proportion.
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When figures have the same shape but different sizes, they are called _______________ _______________.
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Two polygons are similar if and only if their corresponding _______________ are congruent and the measures of
their corresponding _______________ are proportional.
Solve for x and y.
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___________-___________ (AA) Similarity- If two angles of one triangle are congruent to two angles of
another triangle, then the triangles are ________________.
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___________-___________-___________ (SSS) Similarity- If the measures of the corresponding
________________ of two triangles are proportional, then the triangles are similar.
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___________-___________-___________ (SAS) Similarity- If the measures of two sides of a triangle
are proportional to the measures of two corresponding sides of another triangle and the ________________
angles are congruent, then the triangles are similar.
If you wanted to measure the height of the Sears tower in Chicago, you could
measure a 12-foot light pole and measure its shadow. If the length of the shadow was 2
feet and the shadow of the Sears Tower was 242 feet, what is the height of the Sears
Tower?
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In any triangle, a line parallel to one side of a triangle separates the other two sides ___________________.
Solve for x.