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Geometry
Polygons
Similar Polygons
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What are similar polygons?
Polygons that have the same shape
Are similar polygons the same size?
they may be the same size
OR
they may be different sizes
For polygons to be called similar
they only have to be the same shape
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We may have
similar triangles [3 sides]
similar quadrilaterals [4 sides]
similar pentagons [5 sides]
similar hexagons [6 sides]
similar heptagons [7 sides]
similar octagons [8 sides]
similar nonagons [9 sides]
similar decagons [10 sides]
similar dodecagons [12 sides]
We may also have
similar n-gons [n sides]
examples
similar 15-gons [15 sides]
similar 256-gons [256 sides]
similar 3942-gons [3942 sides]
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