Problem 1 :
A 20 cm wide picture frame surrounds a painting which is 100 cm by 60 cm. Are the two rectangles shown here similar?
Give brief reasons why these figures possess similar triangles:
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Problem 5 :
At 4 pm one day the shadow of a pine tree was 5 m long. At the same time a 2 m long broom handle had a shadow which was 3 m long. How high is the pine tree?
After establishing similarity, find the unknowns in:
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Problem 8 :
1) 5 : 3 ≠ 7 : 5, not similar. 2) Similar 3) Similar 4) Similar |
5) x = 3.3 6) x = 3 7) x = 4.8 8) x = 9 1/3 |
Find x given that the figures are similar :
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Problem 6 :
1) x = 6 2/3 m
2) x = 2 6/7 cm
3) x = 4 5/7 m
4) x = 3 1/8 cm
5) x = 13 1/3 cm
6) x = 7 7/11 m
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