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Lesson 6-3. Similar Triangles. Ohio Content Standards:. Ohio Content Standards:. Describe and apply the properties of similar and congruent figures; and justify conjectures involving similarity and congruence. Ohio Content Standards:.
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Lesson 6-3 Similar Triangles
Ohio Content Standards: Describe and apply the properties of similar and congruent figures; and justify conjectures involving similarity and congruence.
Ohio Content Standards: Make and test conjectures about characteristics and properties (e.g., sides, angles, symmetry) of two-dimensional figures and three-dimensional objects.
Ohio Content Standards: Use proportions in several forms to solve problems involving similar figures (part-to-part, part-to-whole, corresponding sides between figures).
Ohio Content Standards: Use proportional reasoning and apply indirect measurement techniques, including right triangle trigonometry and properties of similar triangles, to solve problems involving measurements and rates.
Ohio Content Standards: Apply proportional reasoning to solve problems involving indirect measurements or rates.
Postulate 6.1Angle-Angle (AA) Similarity If the two angles of one triangle are congruent to two angles of another triangle, then the triangles are similar.
Theorem 6.1Side-Side-Side (SSS) Similarity If the measures of the corresponding sides of two triangles are proportional, then the triangles are similar.
Theorem 6.2Side-Angle-Side (SAS) Similarity If the measures of two sides of a triangle are proportional to the measures of two corresponding sides of another triangle and the included angles are congruent, then the triangles are similar.
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