Similar Figures

Oak Grove and Salem are 87 mi from each other. How far apart would the cities be on a map that has a scale of 5 in : 29 mi?

A statue that is 12 ft tall casts a shadow that is 15 ft long. Find the length of the shadow that a 8 ft cardboard box casts.

Similar Figures practice

A telephone booth that is 8 ft tall casts a shadow that is 4 ft long. Find the height of a lawn ornament that casts a 2 ft shadow.

if a 36-in yardstick cast a 21 foot shadow, how tall is a building whose shadow is 168 feet?

Two figures are similar if their corresponding angles are congruent , and the ratios of the lengths of their corresponding sides are equal.