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Posted by samantha on Friday, April 13, 2012 at 12:36am.

Two prisms are similar. The surface area of one is four times the surface area of the other. What is the ratio of the corresponding dimensions?

math - Reiny, Friday, April 13, 2012 at 8:13am
side1^2/side^2 = 1/4

side1/side1 = 1/2

the ratio is 1 : 2

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