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Chapter 2 Test



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

A person standing 56 feet from a street light casts a shadow as shown. What is the height h of the street light? Assume the triangles are similar.
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a.
34 ft
c.
63 ft
b.
37 ft
d.
36 ft
 

Numeric Response
 

 1. 

An architect’s office had a display of a model building. The figures below represent one part of the roof of the model and the actual building. Find x if the ratio of the perimeters is 2:5.
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Short Answer
 
 
The figures are congruent. Name the corresponding angles and the corresponding sides.
 

 1. 

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Tell whether the shaded figure is a translation of the nonshaded figure.
 

 2. 

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Tell whether the shaded figure is a reflection of the nonshaded figure.
 

 3. 

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Tell whether the shaded figure is a rotation of the unshaded figure about the origin. If so, give the angle and direction of rotation.
 

 4. 

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Tell whether the two figures are similar. Explain your reasoning.
 

 5. 


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The two figures are similar. Find the ratios (shaded to nonshaded) of the perimeters and of the areas.
 

 6. 


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Tell whether the shaded figure is a dilation of the nonshaded figure.
 

 7. 

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 8. 

A rectangle is dilated using a scale factor of 9. The image is then dilated using a scale factor of sa008-1.jpg. What scale factor could you use to dilate the original rectangle to get the final rectangle? Explain.
 



 
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