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The areas of two similar rectangles are 180 ft.² and 320 ft.². What scale factor applied to the smaller rectangle will give the larger rectangle?
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The areas of two similar rectangles are 180 ft.² and 320 ft.². What scale factor applied to the smaller rectangle will give the larger rectangle?

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The ratio of areas is the square of the scale factor, so that factor is
√(320/180) = 4/3
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