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Stretching & Shrinking Vocabulary Definitions

Stretching & Shrinking Vocabulary Definitions for Essential Words

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complementary anglesA pair of angles whose measures add up to 90 degrees.
corresponding anglesA pair of angles that have the same relative position in similar figures.
corresponding sidesA pair of sides that have the same relative position in similar figures.
equivalent ratiosRatios whose fraction representations are equivalent.
imageThe figure that results from some transformation of a figure.
ratioA comparison of two quantities somestimes expressed as a fraction.
rep-tileA figure you can use to make a larger, similar version of the original.
scale factorThe number used to multiply the lengths of a figure to stretch of shrink it to a similar image.
similarSimilar figures have corresponding angles of equal measure and the ratios of each pair of corresponding sides are equivalent.
supplementary anglesTwo angles that form a straight line. The sum of their angles is 180 degrees.


Integrated Algebra/Advanced Algebra - 7th Grade
Pleasant Ridge Middle School
Overland Park, KS

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