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to Find Unknown Sides
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4 ‘aw triangles are similar, the wo shortest sides are maiching. Tru or fase.
'5 Maiching sides are opposie matching angles. True or fase?
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6 Which isthe matching side o AB?
7 What ithe reduction fio?
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30 What the ratio of maiching sides?
1 10:1, we saw that i wo figures are sia, then the ratios of matching sides are equal.
This ato also the scale factor (ether an enlargement or recon con.
(Once the sale faei0r i known, it can be used to calculate she Ings of unknown sides
This is shown inthe following examples,
Find the value ofthe prooureral in each ofthe following.
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Solutions
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ratio of matching sides,
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