Homework Help: Geometry

Posted by Jen on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 2:06pm.

How do you find the ratio if the areas of 2 similar triangles in which the ratio of a pair of corresponding sides is 4:1

Geometry - Reiny, Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 3:31pm
for similar shapes the ratio of areas is equal to the ratio of squares of the corresponding sides

since the sides are 4 : 1
the areas have a ration of 16: 1

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