Stage 17 · Similarity & Dilation

17.5.3 Perimeter and Area Ratios of Similar Polygons

17.5 Similar Polygons

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17.5.3 Perimeter and Area Ratios of Similar Polygons

Core idea

Just as with triangles, perimeter scales by k and area scales by k squared together.

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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