SIMILARITIES AND ENLARGEMENT

Specific Objectives

By the end of the topic the learner should be able to:

• Identify similar figures
• Construct similar figures
• State properties of enlargement as a transformation
• Apply the properties of enlargement to construct objects and images
• Apply enlargement in Cartesian planes
• State the relationship between linear, area and volume scale factor
• Apply the scale factors to real life situations.

Content

• Similar figures and their properties
• Construction of similar figures
• Properties of enlargement
• Construction of objects and images under enlargement
• Enlargement in the Cartesian plane
• Linear, area and volume scale factors
• Real life situations.

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