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Determine if triangle UVW and triangle XYZ are or are not similar, and, if they are, state how you know. (Note that figures are NOT necessarily drawn to scale.) The numbers for the first triangle are 20, 22, and 25. The numbers for the second one are 80, 88, and 100.
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Yes — they are similar. Each side of triangle XYZ is 4 times the corresponding side of triangle UVW (80/20 = 88/22 = 100/25 = 4), so by SSS similarity the triangles are similar (scale factor 4).
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