standard_description: Given two figures, use the definition of similarity in terms of similarity transformations to decide if they are similar; explain using similarity transformations the meaning of similarity for triangles as the equality of all corresponding pairs of angles and the proportionality of all corresponding pairs of sides.
problem_activity: Explain why
$${\frac{1}{2}ab\mathrm{sin}(C)}$$
gives the area of a triangle with sides
$$a$$
and
$$b$$
and included angle
$$C$$
.


aligns: no