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What is the ratio of the corresponding sides of two similar triangles?
(1) The ratio of the perimeters of the two triangles is 3:1.
(2) The ratio of the areas of the two triangles is 9:1.



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two similar triangles:

(1) AB/ DE = BC / EF = CA / FD = (AB + BC + CA) / (DE + EF + FD) = perimeters ABC / perimeters DEF = 3 / 1

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D.

(1) suff--as lyla4 explained precisely.
(2) suff-- the ratio of areas will be the ratio of squares of the corresponding sides.
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Agree D as prasun84 explained.
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(2) suff-- the ratio of areas will be the ratio of squares of the corresponding sides.
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did you assume the triangles right angle triangles?
Can you please elaborate this. Thanks
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(2) suff-- the ratio of areas will be the ratio of squares of the corresponding sides.

did you assume the triangles right angle triangles?
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Area of triangle is given by 1/2*base*hieght.
Area1/Area2 = B1*H1/(B2*H2)
So side proportional to square root of the area.
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ok..if u draw a perpendicular in each of the triangles..the ratio of perpendiculars will also be the same ratio as any of the sides...so total area gets squared...

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(2) suff-- the ratio of areas will be the ratio of squares of the corresponding sides.

did you assume the triangles right angle triangles?
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Ok. Thanks
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OA is D, sorry late post.

d. Either statement is sufficient. The ratio of the perimeters of two similar triangles is equal to the ratio
of the corresponding sides. Also, the ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the squares of
the ratios of the corresponding sides.



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