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The trapezoids shown below are similar but not drawn to scale

if the area of the smaller trapezoid is 360m whati is the area of the larger trapezoid to the nearest whole number.

The trapezoids shown below are similar but not drawn to scale if the area of the smaller-example-1
User Tuan Luong
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Answer:

926 sq.m

Explanation:

Lets make it simple and short

49/36 = 360/A

A=(36*360)/49

A=926 sq.m

User Infinite Recursion
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2,380 m^

Ratio of the sides 14/36 = 7/18

Ratio of the area is the ratio of the sides squared (7/8)^=49/324

49/324 = 360/A

A= 360*324 divided by 49 = 2,380.4081


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