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.


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.

Consider the two triangles.




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Which best explains why all equilateral triangles are similar?
Consider △RST and △RYX.





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.

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

Triangle ABC was dilated using the rule .

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

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.


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.





is an altitude in triangle WXZ.

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


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 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.

and are midsegments of ΔWXY.

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