Question

The ratio of two similar rectangles is 5:2, and the area of the larger on is 400 ft^2. What is the area of the smaller rectangle?

Answer 1

400/5*2=160 ft^2

Explanation:

Times the common multiple of 3 and 6, which is 6

The larger rectangle takes up 5 parts and the smaller one takes up 2 parts, so 400/5 is the area of one part, times 2