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Similar Figures Vocabulary

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RATIOTwo quantities that are measured in the same units can be written as a _____, such as a/b or a:b.
PROPORTIONAn equation that equates two ratios.
EXTREMESIn a/b=c/d, the quantities a and d are the _______ of the proportion.
MEANSIn a/b=c/d, the quantities b and c are the _______ of the proportion.
CROSS PRODUCT PROPERTYThe product of the extremes equals the product of the means.
RECIPROCAL PROPERTYIf two ratios are equal, then their reciprocals are also equal.
INTERCHANGE MEANS PROPERTYIf a/b=c/d, then a/c=b/d. (Swap the means and the proportion is still equal.)
ARITHMETIC MEANAn average of numbers found by adding the numbers, then dividing the sum by the number of quantities that were added.
GEOMETRIC MEANAn average found by multiplying two numbers, then taking the square root of the product.
GEAR RATIOThe ratio of the number of teeth of the larger gear to the number of teeth of the smaller gear.
SIMILAR POLYGONSPolygons whose corresponding angles are congruent, and whose lengths of corresponding sides are proportional.
SCALE FACTORThe ratio of one pair of corresponding sides in similar polygons.
PERIMETERSIf two polygons are similar, then the ratio of their ____ is equal to the ratio of their corresponding sides.
AA Similarity PostulateIf two angles of one triangle are congruent to two angles of another triangle, then the two triangles are similar.
SSS Similarity TheoremIf corresponding sides of two triangles are proportional, then the two triangles are similar.
SAS Similarity TheoremIf an angle of one triangle is congruent to an angle of a second triangle and the lengths of the sides including these angles are proportional, then the triangles are similar.
Triangle Proportionality TheoremIf a line parallel to one side of a triangle intersects the other two sides, then it divides the two sides proportionally.
Triangle Proportionality ConverseIf a line divides two sides of a triangle proportionally, then it is parallel to the third side.
PROPORTIONALLYIf three parallel lines intersect two transversals, then they divide the transversals _______.
BISECTSIf a ray ______ an angle of a triangle, then it divides the opposite side into segments whose lengths are proportional to the lengths of the other two sides.
DILATIONA non-rigid transformation where every image is similar to its preimage.
REDUCTIONA dilation with a scale factor between 0 and 1.
ENLARGEMENTA dilation with a scale factor that is greater than 1.


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