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    This document contains a multi-part math worksheet involving similar triangles. It includes 10 problems applying similar triangles to find unknown lengths, heights, widths, and distances. It also provides diagrams and context for real-world applications of similar triangles, such as finding heights of objects or distances across canyons using shadow and angle relationships.

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    This document contains a multi-part math worksheet involving similar triangles. It includes 10 problems applying similar triangles to find unknown lengths, heights, widths, and distances. It also provides diagrams and context for real-world applications of similar triangles, such as finding heights of objects or distances across canyons using shadow and angle relationships.

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    This document contains a multi-part math worksheet involving similar triangles. It includes 10 problems applying similar triangles to find unknown lengths, heights, widths, and distances. It also provides diagrams and context for real-world applications of similar triangles, such as finding heights of objects or distances across canyons using shadow and angle relationships.

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    Revision worksheet Enlargements and similar triangles 1

    Revision worksheet Enlargements and similar triangles 2


    Revision worksheet Enlargements and similar triangles 3
    Revision worksheet Enlargements and similar triangles 4
    Revision worksheet Enlargements and similar triangles 5

    7.

    8.
    Revision worksheet Enlargements and similar triangles 6

    9.

    The diagram shows shape A.

    Draw the enlargement of shape A with


    1
    scale factor and centre of
    3
    enlargement (0, 0).

    [3 marks]
    Revision worksheet Enlargements and similar triangles 7

    10. The diagram shows two triangles A


    and B.

    Describe fully the single


    transformation that maps triangle A
    onto triangle B.

    [3 marks]

    11.
    Revision worksheet Enlargements and similar triangles 8

    Similar Triangles:

    12. ABC and XYZ are similar triangles with right


    angles at B and Y.

    AC = 13 cm, BC = 5 cm and YZ = 12.5 cm

    Calculate the length of YZ.

    (5)

    13. ABC and ADE are similar triangles.


    BC = 1.5 cm, DE = 9 cm, AB = 2 cm

    Calculate the length of BD.


    (3)

    14. Triangles ADE and ABC are similar. A

    DE is parallel to BC.
    4 cm Not to scale
    AD = 4 cm, DE = 6 cm and BC = 9 cm.
    D E
    Calculate the length of BD.
    (3)
    6 cm

    B C
    15. 9 cm

    R
    The two triangles ABC and PQR are
    mathematically similar. C
    Angle A = angle P.
    Angle B = angle Q.
    AB = 8 cm.
    45 cm
    AC = 26 cm.
    PQ = 12 cm. 26 cm
    QR = 45 cm.

    (a) Work out the length of PR.


    (2) Q
    A P 12 cm
    (b) Work out the length of BC. 8 cm B
    Revision worksheet Enlargements and similar triangles 9

    16. X

    Diagram NOT accurately drawn

    AB is parallel to XY. 12.5 cm


    A
    The lines AY and BX intersect at P.

    AB = 6 cm.
    XP = 12.5 cm. 15 cm
    6 cm
    XY = 15 cm. P
    Work out the length of BP.
    (3)

    B
    Y
    17
    A Diagram NOT
    accurately drawn
    4.5 cm 6 cm

    B E
    4.8 cm
    4 cm

    C D

    BE is parallel to CD.
    AE = 6 cm, ED = 4 cm, AB = 4.5 cm, BE = 4.8 cm.

    (a) Calculate the length of CD.


    (2)

    (b) Calculate the perimeter of the trapezium EBCD.


    (2)
    18.

    BE is parallel to CD.
    AB = 9 cm, BC = 3 cm, CD = 7 cm, AE
    = 6 cm.

    (a) Calculate the length of ED.


    (2)
    (b) Calculate the length of BE.
    (2)
    Revision worksheet Enlargements and similar triangles 10

    Similar Triangles: Applications


    1. If a tree casts a 24-foot shadow at the same time that a yardstick casts a 2-foot shadow, find the height
    of the tree.

    x ft

    3 ft
    2 ft 24 ft

    2. A bush is sighted on the other side of a canyon. Find the width of the canyon.

    x
    10 ft
    100 ft 7.5 ft

    3. A 12-centimeter rod is held between a flashlight and a wall as shown. Find the length of the shadow on the
    wall if the rod is 45 cm from the wall and 15 cm from the light.

    shadow

    4. The cheerleaders at City High make their own megaphones by cutting off the small end of a cone made
    from heavy paper. If the small end of the megaphone is to have a radius of 2.5 cm, what should be the height
    of the cone that is cut off?
    2.5 cm

    60 cm

    56 cm
    5. Find the width of the Brady River.
    7m 8m

    28 m
    8m Brady
    15 m
    River
    Revision worksheet Enlargements and similar triangles 11

    6. Ramon places a mirror on the ground 45 ft from the base of a geyser. He walks backward until he can see
    the top of the geyser in the middle of the mirror. At that point, Ramon’s eyes are 6 ft above the ground and
    he is 7.5 ft from the mirror. Use similar triangles to find the height of the geyser.

    x ft

    6 ft

    45 ft 7.5 ft

    7. Find the height of the giraffe in the diagram below.

    8. On level ground, the base of a tree is 20 ft from the bottom of a 48-ft flagpole. The tree is shorter than
    the pole. At a certain time, their shadows end at the same point 60 ft from the base of the flagpole. How tall
    is the tree?

    9. A tourist on the observation deck of a building looks east, facing another building 320 ft high and two
    blocks from the first building. Her view is 400 ft above street level. Her car is parked five blocks east of the
    second building. If no other buildings intervene, can she see her car?
    Tourist

    400 ft
    320 ft
    Car

    2 blocks 5 blocks

    10. Mason Construction wants to connect two parks on

    opposite sides of town with a road. Surveyors have

    laid out a map as shown. The road can be built through

    the town or around town through point R. The roads

    intersect at a right angle at point R. The line joining

    Park A to Park B is parallel to the line joining C and D.

    a. What is the distance between the parks through town

    b. What is the distance from Park A to Park B through point R.

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