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Grade 8 Mathematics: Open Up Resources, Common Core State Standards Edition

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Chapter 2

Dilations, Similarity, and Introducing Slope - all with Video Answers

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Section 1

Projecting and Scaling

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Problem 1

Rectangle $A$ measures $12 \mathrm{~cm}$ by $3 \mathrm{~cm}$. Rectangle $B$ is a scaled copy of Rectangle $A .$ Select all of the measurement pairs that could be the dimensions of Rectangle $B$.
A. $6 \mathrm{~cm}$ by $1.5 \mathrm{~cm}$
B. $10 \mathrm{~cm}$ by $2 \mathrm{~cm}$
C. $13 \mathrm{~cm}$ by $4 \mathrm{~cm}$
D. $18 \mathrm{~cm}$ by $4.5 \mathrm{~cm}$
E. $80 \mathrm{~cm}$ by $20 \mathrm{~cm}$

Whitney Dillinger
Whitney Dillinger
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Problem 2

Rectangle $A$ has length 12 and width 8. Rectangle $B$ has length 15 and width 10. Rectangle $C$ has length 30 and width $15 .$
a. Is Rectangle $A$ a scaled copy of Rectangle $B$ ? If so, what is the scale factor?
b. Is Rectangle $B$ a scaled copy of Rectangle $A$ ? If so, what is the scale factor?
c. Explain how you know that Rectangle $C$ is not a scaled copy of Rectangle $B$.
d. Is Rectangle $A$ a scaled copy of Rectangle $C$ ? If so, what is the scale factor?

Whitney Dillinger
Whitney Dillinger
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Problem 3

Here are three polygons.
a. Draw a scaled copy of Polygon A with scale factor $\frac{1}{2}$.
b. Draw a scaled copy of Polygon B with scale factor $2 .$
c. Draw a scaled copy of Polygon C with scale factor $\frac{1}{4}$.

Erika Bustos
Erika Bustos
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Problem 4

Which of these sets of angle measures could be the three angles in a triangle?
A. $40^{\circ}, 50^{\circ}, 60^{\circ}$
B. $50^{\circ}, 60^{\circ}, 70^{\circ}$
C. $60^{\circ}, 70^{\circ}, 80^{\circ}$
D. $70^{\circ}, 80^{\circ}, 90^{\circ}$

Heather Zimmers
Heather Zimmers
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01:53

Problem 5

In the picture lines $A B$ and $C D$ are parallel. Find the measures of the following angles.
Explain your reasoning.
a. $\angle B C D$
b. $\angle E C F$
c. $\angle D C F$

Monica Miller
Monica Miller
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01:31

Problem 6

Summary Lesson: Projecting and Scaling

Teresa Fuston
Teresa Fuston
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