Triangle S R Q is shown. Angle S R Q is a right angle. An altitude is drawn from point R to point T on side S Q to form a right angle. The length of T Q is 16 and the length of R Q is 20.

and are midsegments of ΔWXY.

Parallelogram FGHJ was dilated and translated to form similar parallelogram F'G'H'J'.



Point P is the center of dilation. Triangle A B C is dilated to create triangle A prime B prime C prime. The length of P A is 2 and the length of P B is 3. The Length of A A prime is 4 and the length of B B prime is 5.


Quadrilateral JKLM was dilated according to the ruleDO,(x,y) to create the image quadrilateral J'K'L'M', which is shown on the graph.

Triangle ABC was dilated using the rule .

Consider △RST and △RYX.





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


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.

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).

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

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?

Triangle S R Q is shown. Angle S R Q is a right angle. An altitude is drawn from point R to point T on side S Q to form a right angle. The length of S T is 9 and the length of T Q is 16. The length of R T is x.

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).

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

Consider the two triangles.




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.

Which best explains why all equilateral triangles are similar?
is an altitude in triangle WXZ.

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