standard_description: Use the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motions to show that two triangles are congruent if and only if corresponding pairs of sides and corresponding pairs of angles are congruent.
problem_activity: Problem 1
This slider
shows a triangle dilated using different scale factors.
Slide the point to the right and to the left.
What do you notice as you change the scale factor of this figure?
Problem 2
Below is
$${{\overline{BC}}}$$
, with a length of
$$5$$
units and its dilation about the point
$$O$$
,
$${\overline{B'C'}}$$
.
[IMG]
What is the scale factor used to dilate
$${{\overline{BC}}}$$
?
What is the relationship between
$$\overline{BO}$$
and
$$\overline{B'O}$$
? Why does this make sense?
Problem 3
Dilate the following figure using constructions about center
$$A$$
by a factor of
$$3$$
.
[IMG]


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