The equilateral triangles shown below are similar 2 cm, 5 cm. What is the ratio of their areas?

Xinqiu asked Apr 23, 2023

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Xinqiu asked Apr 23, 2023

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The ratio between the area of two similar triangles can be described using the following expression:

$(A_1)/(A_2)=((side_1)/(side_2))^2_{}$

Applying the data from the problem we have:

$\begin{gathered} (A_1)/(A_2)=((2)/(5))^2 \\ (A_1)/(A_2)=(4)/(25) \end{gathered}$

The answer is A.

Superluminal answered Apr 28, 2023

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