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I thought this one was a doosey if you don't know the rules to triangles very well. Tell me what you think.

Two similar triangles have areas in the ratio of 9:1. What is the ratio of these triangles' perimeters?
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I thought this one was a doosey if you don't know the rules to triangles very well. Tell me what you think.

Two similar triangles have areas in the ratio of 9:1. What is the ratio of these triangles' perimeters?


ratio of square of sides = ratio of area = 9/1

=> ratio of sides = 3/1 , perimeter ratio= sum of sides of 1st/sum of sides of 2nd

A/a = B/b = C/c = 3/1 => ratio of perimeter = (A+B+C)/(a+b+c) = 3
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Re: Similar Triangles [#permalink] New post 03 May 2010, 10:55
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I thought this one was a doosey if you don't know the rules to triangles very well. Tell me what you think.

Two similar triangles have areas in the ratio of 9:1. What is the ratio of these triangles' perimeters?


Ratio of the sides will be 3:1 so same is true for the perimeter.

its 3:1.
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Re: Similar Triangles [#permalink] New post 03 May 2010, 10:57
vannbj wrote:
I thought this one was a doosey if you don't know the rules to triangles very well. Tell me what you think.

Two similar triangles have areas in the ratio of 9:1. What is the ratio of these triangles' perimeters?

3:1. Just remember the following formula:

Area of triangle A/Area of triangle B = Square of side a/Square of side b.

You can use this formula to answer questions asked on either end (sides or areas)
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