SIMILARITY

1. In the diagram, ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is similar to ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅,

AB = 6 cm, BC = 4 cm angle BAC = 24°
and PQ = 5 cm. Find:

a. Angle QPR.
b. The length of QR.

2. In the diagram, ABCD is a square of side

length 3 cm and PQRS is a rectangle with
PQ = 6 cm and QR = 3 cm.

a. Are the corresponding angles of ABCD

and PQRS equal?
𝐴𝐵 𝐵𝐶
b. Is 𝑃𝑄 equal to 𝑄𝑅 ?
c. Is ABCD similar to PQRS? Explain
your answer.
5. In the diagram, A and B are two points on
3. In the diagram, quadrilaterals ABCD and
the opposite sides of a river. A surveyor
TXYZ are similar, where AB = 3 cm, BC
2
walks in a straight line along the bank
= 6 cm, TX = 4 cm, YZ = 6 3 cm and angle BCD, and then turns right and walks to a
ABC = 106°. Find: point E such that A, C and E are in a
straight line. It is known that ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 and
∆𝐸𝐷𝐶 are similar, BC = 30 cm, CD = 20
cm and DE = 36 cm.

a. Angle TXY.
b. The length of XY.
c. The length of CD.

4. Find the values of the marked unknowns in

each of these pairs of similar triangles.
Find the width of the river between A and
B.