Question

Determine if the following figures are similar. Explain why or why not.

Answer 1

No, the ratios of the corresponding sides are not equal.

Explanation:

Two or more figures are similar if they have exactly the same shape. Similar figures may be of different sizes. Similar figures have corresponding sides and corresponding angles. Corresponding sides have lengths that are proportional.

Answer 2

They are not the same

Explanation:

4m x 8m = 32m

10m x 20m = 200m

So...they are not similar

Only similarity is both of them are rectangles