Question

The playing surfaces of two foosball tables are similar. The ratio of the corresponding side lengths is $10:7$ . What is the ratio of the areas?

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Answer 1

Answer: The ratio of the areas of two similar shapes is th

e square of the ratio of their corresponding side lengths. Hence, to find the ratio of the areas of two foosball tables whose side lengths are in the ratio 10:7, we square each part of the ratio, yielding an area ratio of 100:49