Dilations and Similarity

Lesson 7

Math

Unit 3

10th Grade

Lesson 7 of 18

Objective


Identify measurements in dilated figures with the center of dilation on the figure directly and algebraically.

Common Core Standards


Core Standards

  • G.SRT.A.2 — 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.

Foundational Standards

  • 8.G.A.1

Criteria for Success


  1. Given a triangle that has been dilated from one vertex, identify the two triangles that are in the diagram. 
  2. Describe the relationship between the sides in a proportion, regardless of whether they are direct measurements or expressions that describe a measurement. 
  3. Determine missing angles between similar figures (triangles and other polygons).

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Anchor Problems

25-30 minutes


Triangle $${ABC}$$ is dilated from point $$A$$ by a scale factor of $${2.5}$$. Below are some measurements: 

$$m∠{ABC}=35^{\circ}$$
$$AB=4$$
$$AC=6$$

What is the length of $${\overline{BB'}}$$
If $${BC=x+2}$$, write an expression that describes the length of $${\overline{B'C'}}$$

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Target Task

5-10 minutes


Identify the strategy that the student below used to find the measure of $${BA}$$. Then, describe a different method for finding this value, describing how you know that the two triangles are dilations of one another.

References

Math Mistakes Decimal Misconceptions? Meet similar triangles.

Decimal Misconceptions? Meet similar triangles. by Michael Pershan is made available on Math Mistakes under the CC BY 3.0 license. © 2017 Math Mistakes, all rights reserved. Accessed Oct. 19, 2017, 2:01 p.m..

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Dilate a figure on the coordinate plane when the center of dilation is the origin.

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Lesson Map

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Topic A: Dilations off the Coordinate Plane

Topic B: Dilations on the Coordinate Plane

Topic C: Defining Similarity

Topic D: Similarity Applications

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