4. Similar Triangles
• Similar triangles: triangles in which corresponding sides are
proportional
• Similar triangles are enlargements or reductions of each other
• Scale factor: the value of the ratio of corresponding side lengths
in a pair of similar figures
5. Are these two triangles similar? If so, what is the scale factor?
Similar Triangles
6. Are these two triangles similar? If so, what is the scale factor?
Similar Triangles
8. Similar Triangles
A new bridge is going to be built across a river,
but the width of the river cannot be measured
directly. Surveyors set up posts at points A, B, C,
D and E. Then they took measurements relative
to the posts.
What is the width of the river?
9. Similar Triangles
Shiva is standing beside a lighthouse on a sunny day, as shown. She
measures the length of her shadow and the length of the shadow cast by
the lighthouse.
Shiva is 1.6 m tall. How tall is the lighthouse?