Question

A new patio will be an irregular hexagon. The patio will have two long parallel sides and an area of 360 square feet. The area of a geometrically similar patio is 250 square feet, and its long parallel sides are 12.5 feet apart. What is the corresponding distance on the new patio?

Answer 1

C. 15ft

Explanation:

Answer 2

The problem ask to calculate the corresponding distance on the new patio where as the the patio will have two long parallel side and an area of 360 square feet and the area of the similar patio is 250 square feet and its long parallel sides are 12.5 feet apart. To calculate this the ratio of the distance of the two polygon is P:Q so it means that the are is also P^2:Q^2 so the ratio of the area is  36:25 so the the distance of the new patio is 18 feet