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Chapter 7. 7-2 Similarity and transformations. objectives. Draw and describe similarity transformations in the coordinate plane. Use properties of similarity transformations to determine whether polygons are similar and to prove circles similar. What is a similarity transformation?.
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Chapter 7 7-2 Similarity and transformations
objectives • Draw and describe similarity transformations in the coordinate plane. • Use properties of similarity transformations to determine whether polygons are similar and to prove circles similar.
What is a similarity transformation? • A transformation that produces similar figures is a similarity transformation. A similarity transformationis a dilation or a composite of one or more dilations and one or more congruence transformations. Two figures are similar if and only if there is a similarity transformation that maps one figure to the other figure.
Remember! Translations, reflections, and rotations are congruence transformations.
Example 1: Drawing and Describing Dilations • A. Apply the dilation D to the polygon with the given vertices. Describe the dilation. • D: (x, y) → (3x, 3y) • A(1, 1), B(3, 1), C(3, 2) • Solution: dilation with center (0, 0) and scale factor 3
Check It Out! Example 1 Apply the dilation D : (x, y)→ to the polygon with vertices D(-8, 0), E(-8, -4), and F(-4, -8). Name the coordinates of the image points. Describe the dilation. Solution: x, D'(-2, 0), E'(-2, -1), F'(-1, -2); dilation with center (0, 0) and scale factor 1 1 y 4 4
Example 1 • B. Apply the dilation D to the polygon with the given vertices. Describe the dilation. • Solution: x, D: (x, y) → 3 3 y 4 4 P(–8, 4), Q(–4, 8), R(4, 4) dilation with center (0, 0) and scale factor 3/4
Example 2 : Determining Whether Polygons are Similar • Determine whether the polygons with the given vertices are similar. • Solution: A. A(–6, -6), B(-6, 3), C(3, 3), D(3, -6) and H(-2, -2), J(-2, 1), K(1, 1), L(1, -2) Yes; ABCD maps to HJKL by a dilation: (x, y) →(1/3x,1/3y)
Example#2 continue • B. P(2, 0), Q(2, 4), R(4, 4), • S(4, 0) and W(5, 0), • X(5, 10), Y(8, 10), Z(8, 0). No; (x, y) → (2.5x, 2.5y) mapsP to W, but not S to Z.
Example#2 continue • C. A(1, 2), B(2, 2), C(1, 4) and • D(4, -6), E(6, -6), F(4, -2) Yes; ABC maps to A’B’C’ by a translation: (x, y) → (x + 1, y - 5). Then A’B’C’ maps to DEF by a dilation: (x, y) → (2x, 2y).
Check it out!! • Determine whether the polygons with the given vertices are similar : A(2, -1), B(3, -1), C(3, -4) and P(3, 6), Q(3, 9), R(12, 9). • Solution: The triangles are similar because ABC can be mapped to A'B'C' by a rotation: (x, y) → (-y, x), and then A'B'C' can be mapped to PQR by a dilation: (x, y) → (3x, 3y).
Example 3: Proving Circles Similar • A. Circle A with center (0, 0) and radius 1 is similar to circle B with center (0, 6) and radius 3.
Solution • Circle A can be mapped to circle A’ by a translation: (x, y) → (x, y + 6). Circle A’ and circle B both have center (0, 6). Then circle A’ can be mapped to circle B by a dilation with center (0, 6) and scale factor 3. So circle A and circle B are similar.
Example#3 continue • B. Circle C with center (0, –3) and radius 2 is similar to circle D with center (5, 1) and radius 5.
Solution • Circle C can be mapped to circle C’ by a translation: (x, y) → (x + 5, y + 4). Circle C’ and circle D both have center (5, 1).Then circle C’ can be mapped to circle D by a dilation with center (5, 1) and scale factor 2.5. So circle C and circle D are similar.
Student guided practice • Do problems 3-10 in your book page 476
Homework • Do problems 14-17 in your book page 477
Closure • Today we learned about similarity • Next class we are going to learned about triangle similarity