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What are the ratio of the perimeters and the ratio of the areas?

What are the ratio of the perimeters and the ratio of the areas?-example-1
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Check the picture below.

the ratio of the sides will be the same ratio of their perimeters


\stackrel{\textit{\LARGE ratio of their}}{\stackrel{perimeters}{\cfrac{6}{15}\implies \cfrac{2}{5}}\hspace{5em}\stackrel{areas}{\cfrac{2^2}{5^2}\implies \cfrac{4}{25}}}

What are the ratio of the perimeters and the ratio of the areas?-example-1
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