Question

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Which sentence correctly explains whether polygons ABCDE and PQRST are similar?

A.They are similar because ABCDE can be mapped onto PQRST by a similarity transformation. The scale factor is 1.

B.They are not similar because ABCDE is congruent to PQRST.

C.They are not similar because their corresponding angle measurements are congruent.

D.They are similar because they have the same set of corresponding side lengths.

Answer 1

Can you help, please? @aureyliant

Answer 2

I apologize, but it's still early in the morning for me and I don't want to mislead you in any form or way because of my silly mistakes.

Answer 3

okay

Answer 4

can you help. please? @synkronize

Answer 5

@ambe_kay

Answer 6

can you help, please ? @RosieF

Answer 7

okay, so do you know what it means for two polygons to be similar?

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

okay, so if two polygons are congruent, are they similar?

Answer 10

no

Answer 11

not always, but sometimes 2 similar polygons are congruent

Answer 12

because DE and ST are line segments matched up, I want you to count the distance the coordinate plane from D to E and then from S to T. What do you get?

Answer 13

3 and 3??

Answer 14

try again

Answer 15

(don't count the first point on D or S)

Answer 16

2 and 2??

Answer 17

yes :)
now count the distance from A to E and then P to T

Answer 18

2 AND 2

Answer 19

right :)
now find the slope of the line segments BC and QR

Answer 20

2,2 ?

Answer 21

yes :)
now find the slope of the line segments AB and PQ

Answer 22

3,3

Answer 23

actually its -3, but that's okay.
so basically every part of polygon ABCDE has a corresponding, congruent part with polygon PQRST. So does this show that the polygons are similar, congruent, or both?

Answer 24

both i think if not similar

Answer 25

right, both :) so now lets look at your answer choices and see what makes sense with that deduction.

Answer 26

does A make sense?

Answer 27

yes but im not sure about the factor

Answer 28

the scale factor means that if you multiply every part of PQRST by 1, the result will be the same as ABCDE

Answer 29

so A is a possibility, so now lets look at B. Does it make sense?

Answer 30

yes

Answer 31

so it makes sense for the polygons to not be similar because they are congruent?

Answer 32

ooh no

Answer 33

right so its definitely not B. What about C?

Answer 34

no

Answer 35

right, now look at D. What do you think?

Answer 36

uhhh maybe ?\

Answer 37

think about it, do ABCDE and PQRST have the same set of corresponding side lengths?

Answer 38

oooh nope!

Answer 39

so it A?

Answer 40

yes :)

Answer 41

THANKyou soo much :)

Answer 42

no problem :) <3