Grade 8Geometry

8.G.A.4

Define similarity by adding dilation to the transformations.

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Dilations and Similar Figures3 ways

The standard, officially

Understand that a two-dimensional figure is similar to another if the second can be obtained from the first by a sequence of rotations, reflections, translations, and dilations; given two similar two-dimensional figures, describe a sequence that exhibits the similarity between them.

Builds on

8.G.A.2Understand congruence 8.G.A.3Describe transformations with coordinates

Leads to

8.G.A.5Reason about angles and similarity