Transcription of Chap–6 (10th Nov.)
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Chap–6 (10th Nov.)
TRIANGLES 117. TRIANGLES 6. Introduction You are familiar with triangles and many of their properties from your earlier classes. In Class IX, you have studied congruence of triangles in detail. Recall that two figures are said to be congruent , if they have the same shape and the same size. In this chapter, we shall study about those figures which have the same shape but not necessarily the same size. Two figures having the same shape (and not necessarily the same size). are called similar figures. In particular, we shall discuss the similarity of triangles and apply this knowledge in giving a simple proof of Pythagoras Theorem learnt earlier.
polygons is not sufficient for them to be similar. EXERCISE 6.1 1. Fill in the blanks using the correct word given in brackets : (i) All circles are . (congruent, similar) (ii) All squares are . (similar, congruent) (iii) All triangles are similar. (isosceles, equilateral)
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