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: The two triangles in the picture below are congruent:
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a.   Give a sequence of rotations, translations, and/or reflections that take
$${\triangle PRQ}$$
to
$${\triangle ABC}$$
.
b.   Is it possible to show the congruence in part (a) using only translations and rotations? Explain.


aligns: no