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LESSONS:
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Ratios and Proportions (Refresher: definitions, mean, extreme, cross product, properties)
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Dilations (properties, definition, ± scale factors, notation, examples)
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Stretches (vertical and horizontal dilations)
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Similar Figures (definitions, similarity transformations)
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Measurements in Similar Figures (perimeters, areas, volumes)
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Methods of Proving Similar Triangles (AA, SSS, SAS and proofs of each method)
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 Proof Problems for Similar Triangles (3 common styles of similar proof questions)
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"Side Splitter" Theorem (theorem, converse, proofs, example)
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 "Centroid" Theorem (theorem, proof, example)
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Angle Bisector Theorem (theorem, proof, example)
 
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Numeric and Algebraic Problems with Similarity (AA, strategies, side-splitter thm)
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 More Numeric and Algebraic Problems with Similarity (AA, SSS, SAS)
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Construct: Dilations (similar Δs using AA, scalar/center, links to Construction section.)
 
Similarity in relation to right triangles appears under Right Triangles.
Similarity in relation to circle proofs appears under Circles


PRACTICE:
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Practice with Dilations (objects, lines, triangles, coordinate plane)
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Practice with Similarity (numerical/algebraic problems - AA)
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 More Practice with Similarity (numerical/algebraic problems; AA - SSS - SAS)
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REFRESHER: (while these topics are mostly "review", you may also find new information here)
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Transformations - Dilations (intuitive, similarity, on coordinate axes)
Note: this links to the Transformation section.