Posted by larry on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 9:36am.
Similarity ratio and ratio of perimeters are both linear ratios.
Ratio of areas is the square of the linear ratios.
The linear ratios are therefore the square-root of the area ratio, namely:
linear ratios = sqrt(18/50)=0.6
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