Stage 17 · Similarity & Dilation

17.5.4 Putting the Scale Factor to Work

17.5 Similar Polygons

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17.5.4 Putting the Scale Factor to Work

Core idea

Once you know a scale factor k, you can work backward from a known side to find an unknown one.

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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