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Triangle ABC has been dilated to form triangle DEF. What is the least amount of information needed to prove the two triangles are similar?

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The answer is two pairs of corresponding angles


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Since triangle ABC has been dilated to form triangle DEF, the least amount of information needed to prove the similarity between the two triangles is 2 pair of corresponding angles. If 2 pairs of angles are corresponding, then the 3rd pair of angles should be corresponding as well. 
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