+5265 Rectangle A has side lengths 16.4 cm and 10.8 cm.
Rectangle B has side lengths 10.25 and 6.75 cm.
Determine whether the rectangles are so similar. If so, write the similarity ratio.
Please tell me someone got the reference...
+333 They are mathamatically similiar, as 16.4/10.25=1.6, 6.75*1.6=10.8
the similiarty ratio is 1:6
+129852 There's an easy way to determine this, rarinstraw
Set the rectangles up in ratios of long side / short side to long side / short side .... we have
16.4 / 10.8 = 10.25 / 6.75 cross-multiply
16.4 (6.75) = 10.8 ( 10.25) ???
110.7 = 110.7
Since the cross-products are equal....the rectangles are similar
If we compare long side to long side....we have
16.4 / 10.25 = the ratio of the larger rectangle to the smaller = 1.6 : 1
[The same ratio would be found by comparing short side to short side ]
