Triangles R S T and V U T are connected at point T. Angles R S T and V U T are right angles. The length of side R S is 12 and the length of side S T is 16. The length of side T U is 8 and the length of U V is 6.





and are midsegments of ΔWXY.

If an image of a triangle is congruent to the pre-image, what is the scale factor of the dilation?

Triangle RST was dilated by a scale factor of . The image, triangle R'S'T', is an isosceles triangle, with each leg measuring 8 units.

Triangles L M N and P O N connect at point N. Angles L M N and N O P are congruent.

On a coordinate plane, a line is drawn from Rock to Tree. The x- and y-axes are labeled feet. Rock is at (3, 2) and Tree is at (16, 21).

On a coordinate plane, Rectangles A B C D and E F G H are shown. The length of side A B is 6 units and the length of side B C is 3 units. The length of side E F is 8 units and the length of side F G is 4 units.


Consider △RST and △RYX.





Which best explains why all equilateral triangles are similar?
Triangle N T M is shown. Angle N T M is a right angle. An altitude is drawn from point T to point U on side N M to form a right angle. The length of N T is y, the length of T M is 6, the length of N U is 9, and the length of U M is 3.





is an altitude in triangle WXZ.





Triangle TVW is dilated according to the ruleDO,(x,y) to create the image triangle T'V'W', which is not shown.

Triangle R Q S is cut by line segment T V. Line segment T V goes from side Q R to side R S. The length of R V is x + 10, the length of V S is x, the length of R T is x + 4, and the length of T Q is x minus 3.

If point P is of the distance from M to N, what ratio does the point P partition the directed line segment from M to N into?

Consider the two triangles.




In the diagram, DG = 12, GF = 4, EH = 9, and HF = 3.


Read the proof.Given: AB ∥ DEProve: △ACB ~ △DCE

On a coordinate plane, a line is drawn from point A to point B. Point A is at (9, negative 8) and point B is at (negative 6, 7).

Triangle ABC was dilated using the rule .

Triangles A B C and A double-prime B double-prime C double-prime connect at point C. Triangle A B C is rotated and then made smaller to form triangle A double-prime B double-prime C double-prime.

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