Similar Figures
Similar Figures: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Triangles, Similar Figures, Difference between Similar Figures and Congruent Figures, Similarity of Two Polygons & Scale Factor etc.
Important Questions on Similar Figures

Saloni constructed a triangle ABC with angle measures as . Sunita constructed another triangle with the same angle measures. Is it necessary that the side lengths of triangles and would also be the same Justify your answer.

If two geometrical figures are similar, their corresponding sides are:

is a diameter of the circumcircle of . is perpendicular to . Prove that


The polygons having the same number of sides are similar if
(a)__________ . (b)_____________.

is a right triangle with angle A circle with as diameter meets hypotenuse at point Prove that .

is a right triangle with angle . A circle with as diameter meets hypotenuse at point . Prove that .


Two congruent polygons are necessarily similar.

Two similar polygons are necessarily congruent.

The polygons having the same number of sides are similar, if
- corresponding angles are equal,
- corresponding sides are _____.



Two polygons having corresponding angles equal are similar.

Give any two examples of similar figures with their diagrams.

Two polygons are similar if their corresponding sides are proportional and corresponding angles are equal.

Two polygons having same ratio of their corresponding sides are similar.


