How to Use Indirect Measurement with Similar Figures
TL;DR: Ever wanted to know the height of a tree without climbing it? Indirect measurement is exactly that trick, finding a distance you can’t reach directly by using similar figures and a measurement you can take. If two triangles are similar, their matching sides stay in the same ratio. Measure something accessible (like your own […]
Island Exploration: How to Unearth Side Lengths and Angle Measures of Similar Figures
TL;DR: Similar figures are like resized photos, same shape, possibly different sizes. The corresponding angles match exactly, and the corresponding sides line up in a single fixed ratio. To track down a missing side, set up a proportion using two pairs of matching sides and solve for the unknown. To find a missing angle, you […]
