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When are two polygons similar?

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Any two polygons are similar if their corresponding angles are congruent and the measures of their corresponding sides are proportional: In the figure above the ratio or the scale factor of the quadrilateral to the left versus the quadrilateral to the right is ½.

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Any two polygons are similar if their corresponding angles are congruent and the measures of their corresponding sides are proportional: In the figure above the ratio or the scale factor of the quadrilateral to the left versus the quadrilateral to the right is ½.

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