How Do You Find Missing Measurements of Similar Figures Using a Proportion?

How Do You Find Missing Measurements of Similar Figures Using a Proportion?

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Trying to find a missing measurement on similar figures? Make ratios from corresponding sides and set up a proportion! Solve the proportion to get your missing measurement. Figure out how to do all that by watching this tutorial!

Keywords:

  • similar
  • figures
  • measures
  • measurements
  • missing

Background Tutorials

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  • Solving One-Step Equations

  • Proportion Definitions

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  • Working with Proportions

  • Similar Figures and Indirect Measurement

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Further Exploration

  • Working with Proportions

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