LESSON

NAME _________________________________________________________ DATE ___________

8.4 Standardized Test Practice

For use with pages 480–487

TEST TAKING STRATEGY When checking your work, try to use a method other than
the one you originally used to get your answer. If you use
the same method, you may make the same mistake twice.
1. Multiple Choice The triangles below are 4. Multiple Choice ABC ~ DBE. Find the
similar. Which choice below is the correct values of x and y.
statement of proportionality? A x  6, A
A y  10 5
D
D
B x 1312,
y  10 9 y
x
C x  6, y  5
1
D x  132, C 4 E B
B C E F y5 12

AB AC BC DF AB EF E x  6, y  10
3
A   B  
DE DF EF BC DE AC
5. Multiple Choice What is the perimeter of
AC AB CB AB AC EF trapezoid BCDE?
C   D  
DE DF EF DF DE BC A 26 A
EF DE AB 4 3
E   B 28
E
BC AC DF B
C 31 6
2. Multiple Choice Which angle is congruent D 38
to M in the similar triangles below? D
14
C
E 30
A N N or 30.1
Q
B Q
6. Multi-Step Problem Use the diagram to
C QOP O
answer parts (a)–(e).
Chapter 8

D P
C
E cannot be P
determined M
D
3. Multiple Choice The triangles are similar. B
Which of the following is not a correct state- 6
4
ment? K
A E
5 F 8
F
a. Find the length of BC.
b. Find the length of BF.
c. What is the scale factor of ABF to ACE?
E G M L
d. Find the perimeter of BCDF.
A K  F B FEG ~ KLM
e. Critical Thinking Explain how you could
GE GF ML KL
C  D  show that ABF ~ FDE.
ML MK FG FE
E M  G
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