Any two polygons are similar if their corresponding angles are congruent and the measures of their corresponding sides are proportional: In the figure above the ratio or the scale factor of the quadrilateral to the left versus the quadrilateral to the right is ½.
<span>Seismic waves are the waves of energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the earth or an explosion. They are the energy that travels through the earth and is recorded on seismographs.
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Louisiana - Spanning nearly 1 million acres, south-central Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin is the nation's largest river swamp. A distributary of the Mississippi River, the swamp begins near Simmesport and stretches 140 miles south to the Gulf of Mexico.