Lesson: Congruence of Polygons through Transformations Mathematics • Middle School • Grade 8 • enVision • Geometry • Common Core • Prentice Hall • Geometry • Common Core • Glencoe • Geometry • Common Core

Mathematics

In this lesson, we will learn how to identify congruence of polygons after applying transformations.

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Q1:

A triangle has been dilated from a center by a scale factor of 3 to triangle .

Are triangles and similar?

Are triangles and congruent?

Q2:

Determine, by applying transformations, whether the two triangles seen in the given figure are congruent.

Q3:

If there exists a combination of rotations, reflections, and translations that would map one shape to another, would the two shapes be congruent?

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