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How Do You Find a Scale Factor in Similar Figures? Instructional VideoHow Do You Find a Scale Factor in Similar Figures? Instructional Video
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How Do You Find a Scale Factor in Similar Figures?

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Three angles of one triangle are equal to the corresponding angles in another triangle. Use a ratio of corresponding sides to find the scale factor. Actually, there are two scale factor values. The instructor will explain how to get both values.

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angles, corresponding sides, congruence, similarity, length, measurement, ratios, scale factors, similar figures, triangles

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6th - 10th
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Math
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4:12
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