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Are the following figures similar?

A- Yes; The corresponding angles are congruent
B-Yes; The corresponding sides are proportional
C-No; The corresponding angles are not congruent
D -No; The corresponding sides are not proportional

Are the following figures similar? A- Yes; The corresponding angles are congruent-example-1
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Hello!

A similar figure usually just has proportional sides, so we eliminate answers A and C. As you can see, the bigger parallelogram has side lengths that are all 5/2 bigger than their corresponding side. Therefore, all sides are proportional.

Therefore, our answer is B.

I hope this helps!

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