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Explain similar figures including explaining how to find the scale factor when given two similar figures and side lengths.

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similar figures are two different figures of different sizes, but have the same shape
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Suppose you have two similar figures , one larger than the other. The scale factor is the ratio of the length of a side of one figure to the length of the corresponding side of the other figure. Here, XYUV=123=4 . So, the scale factor is 4 .
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