Question

Val owns a hardware store. The floor plan drawn on the coordinate grid below shows its five different sections.

Val calculates the ratio of length and width of each section drawn on the grid and concludes that two sections are similar. Which two sections appear as similar geometric figures on the grid?
A.) Section J and Section M
B.) Section M and Section S
C.) Section S and Section J
D.) Section T and Section S

Answer 1

One way to figure it out is to calculate the ratio of the length to width for each section:
For instance, section F, length=2 and width =2 so the ratio of length/width=2/2=1
Do this for each section. How would you recognize which two sections are similar?

Answer 2

how do u measure the sections?

Answer 3

@pfenn1

Answer 4

The sections are plotted on graph paper. So section F's width goes from x=6 to x=8 and it's length goes from y=1 to y=3. So width is 2 and length is 2.

Answer 5

Ohh wow, thanks for clearing that up for me

Answer 6

no problem