Congruent and Similar Figures

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Congruent and Similar Figures

• Lesson 8-7

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Congruent Figures

• Congruent figures have the same size and shape.
• They have corresponding sides that are congruent.
• They have corresponding angles that are congruent.

These trapezoids are congruent.
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Triangle ACB is congruent to Triangle XZY.
ltA corresponds to ltX
Side BC corresponds with side YZ.
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Similar Figures

• Similar figures have the same shape but not
  necessarily the same size.
• They have corresponding angles that are
  congruent.
• They have corresponding sides that are
  proportional.

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To see if a figure is similar to another, check
to see whether the sides are proportional.
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