Stage 17 · Similarity & Dilation

17.5.1 What Similar Polygons Are

17.5 Similar Polygons

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17.5.1 What Similar Polygons Are

Core idea

Two maps of the same place at different sizes, with equal corresponding angles and proportional corresponding sides, are similar polygons.

Module goal. We extend similarity from triangles to any polygon, making 'same shape' a general idea, and connect it to the dilation that opens the next module.
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