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Triangles ABC and DEF are similar. What percent of the area of triangle DEF is triangle ABC?

(1) Sides AB and DE connect similar angles, and AB is 3 times DE.
(2) Side AB = 9


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Re: Triangles ABC and DEF are similar. What percent of the area of triangl [#permalink] New post   09 Feb 2015, 02:54
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Well I would go for A. And let me explain.

From the stem we know that the triangles are similar.
This means that their angles have the same measures and their sides are in proportion.

We are asked to find what percent of the area of triangle DEF triangle ABC is.
To find the area, we need to know the base and the height of a triangle.
What else we know about similar triangles is that the proportion of the area of the triangles is the square of the proportion of their sides. So, if their sides are of a ratio 3:1 their areas would be of a ratio of 9:1.

(1) Sides AB and DE connect similar angles, and AB is 3 times DE.
This statement tells us that 2 angles have the same measure and the leg connecting them is of ratio 3:1. Since we have the ratio, we know that the similar triangles will be of a ratio 3:1. So, their areas will be of a ratio of 9:1.

Now, what I do not understand for sure based on the stem, is what is meant by "triangle ABC". Its area? Its perimenter? I would say that triangle ABC is a triangle of area X and perimenter Y, but I don't know how else I would define a triagle.. I will proceed as if I were looking for the area of ABC and DEF.

Since their areas are of a ratio of 9:1, the ratio of ABC is 9 times that of DEF, and this would give us the percentage. So, [1] is sufficient.

(2) Side AB = 9. This doesn't tell us anything, as we don't know the relationship between the sides of the triangles. So, we are missing at least the proportion. So, we cannot find the areas. I would say that [2] is not sufficient.

So....?
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Re: Triangles ABC and DEF are similar. What percent of the area of triangl [#permalink] New post   09 Feb 2015, 05:57
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Triangles ABC and DEF are similar. What percent of the area of triangle DEF is triangle ABC?

(1) Sides AB and DE connect similar angles, and AB is 3 times DE.
(2) Side AB = 9


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Solution: A

Start with the easier statement. Statement (2) tells us nothing about the properties of triangle DEF; INSUFFICIENT. Now consider statement (1). If sides AB and DE are similar and side AB is three times side DE, then all three sides and the height of triangle ABC are 3 times their counterparts in triangle DEF. Say the area of ABC is (bh)/2. Since the base and height of triangle DEF are 1/3 of those in ABC, the area of triangle DEF is (1/3b * 1/3h)/2, or (bh/9)/2. Triangle ABC has an area nine times that of triangle DEF, so it is 900% of DEF; SUFFICIENT, (A).
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Re: Triangles ABC and DEF are similar. What percent of the area of triangl [#permalink] New post   26 Jun 2017, 14:47
Triangles ABC and DEF are similar. What percent of the area of triangle DEF is triangle ABC?

(1) Sides AB and DE connect similar angles, and AB is 3 times DE

AB = 3 * DE

Area of T. ABC/Area of T. DEF = AB/DE

Area of T. ABC/Area of T. DEF = 1/3

Area of T. ABC = 33% of Area of T. DEF

Hence, =====> (1) is SUFFICIENT

(2) Side AB = 9

We only have information for 1 triangle and we do not know anything about the other triangle.

Hence, =====> (2), is IN SUFFICIENT

Hence, Answer is A
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Re: Triangles ABC and DEF are similar. What percent of the area of triangl [#permalink] New post   26 Jun 2017, 14:51
Answer is A

(1) makes the two triangles similar and we know that for similar triangles, Area(ABC)/Area(PQR)=AB^2/PQ^2
So sufficient.

(2) doesn't give any information about PQR, or any thing to relate abc to pqr in any way. So insufficient.

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Re: Triangles ABC and DEF are similar. What percent of the area of triangl [#permalink] New post   29 Jun 2017, 04:45
Referring to Bunuel resources

If two similar triangles have sides in the ratio\(\frac{x}{y}\), then their areas are in the ratio\(\frac{x^2}{y^2}\)

Statement 1 : AB is 3 times DE and since the both the triangles are similar area will be in ratio\(\frac{3^2}{1^2}\)

=> \(\frac{area ABC}{area DEF} = \frac{9}{1}\) = 900% Sufficient

Statement 2: No information related to side ration's of triangle, hence insufficient

Ans: A
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