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SAS Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adjacent sides | Two sides that meet at a vertex. |
| corresponding angles | Angles that have the same relative position in similar figures. |
| corresponding sides | Sides that have the same relative position in similar figures. |
| equivalent ratios | Ratios whose fraction representations are equivalent |
| image | The figure that results from some transformation of a figure. |
| midpoint | A point that divides a line segment into two segments of equal length. |
| nested triangles | Triangles that share a common angle are sometimes called nested. |
| proportion | An equation stating that two ratios are equal. |
| ratio | A comparison of two quantities |
| rep-tile | A figure you can use to make a larger, similar version of the original. |
| scale drawing | An image of a figure that is similar to the original. |
| scale factor | The number used to multiply the lengths of a figure to stretch or shrink it to a similar image. |
| similar | Figures that have corresponding angles of equal measure and the ratios of each pair of corresponding sides are equivalent. |