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Posted by Aleah on Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 11:23pm.

Two corresponding sides of similar polygons are in the ratio of 8:7. If the area of the smaller figure is 512 square meters, what is the area of the larger figure?

• geometry - drwls, Monday, November 2, 2009 at 12:33am

  Area is proportional to the square of linear dimensions, for similar figures. (8/7)^2 * 512 = 668.7 m^2 is the area of the larger similar polygon.

  
  

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