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How Do You Find Missing Measurements of Similar Figures Using a Scale Factor?

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Similar figures have corresponding sides and corresponding angles. With this in mind, missing values can be found by using a scale factor. Not sure how to do that? Watch this video as the instructor illustrates how to set up the known values with the unknown values to solve this problem.

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Concepts
corresponding angles, angles, transversal, corresponding sides, congruence, similarity, equations, ratios, scale factors, similar triangles, similar figures
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similar triangles, ratio, equation, corresponding sides, corresponding angles, math
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Resource Details
Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
5:44
Audience
For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Flipped Classroom
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