Two figures are similar with a similarity ratio of 4 and one side of the figure is 3 cm long. Find the lenght of the side of the similar figure.
I don't really know if I have to try to do it like an equation or if there's a formula for this.
Sorry if anything's wrong, I'm spanish, but I study math in english.
if the ratio is 4, then the similar figure has lengths 4 times as big as the original.
4*3 = 12
I actually did that but I thought it was really simple and easy, haha.
Thank you so much.
oh, you can complicate it up a bit by using a proportion:
x/3 = 4/1
but this one is in fact pretty simple.
No worries! I can definitely help you with this math problem. When two figures are similar, it means that they have the same shape but possibly different sizes. In this case, the similarity ratio is given as 4, which means that corresponding sides of the two figures are lengthened or shortened by a factor of 4.
To find the length of the side of the similar figure, you can set up a proportion using the given information. Let's call the unknown length of the side of the similar figure "x".
The proportion can be set up as follows:
3 cm (known length) / x cm (unknown length) = 4 (similarity ratio) / 1 (similarity ratio)
Now, we can solve this proportion by cross-multiplication.
3 * 1 = 4 * x
3 = 4x
Divide both sides of the equation by 4 to isolate "x".
3/4 = x
Therefore, the length of the side of the similar figure is 3/4 cm.