SOLUTION: When the sides of a pentagon are 6 inches long, the area of the pentagon is about 63 square inches. What would be the area of a pentagon whose sides are 2 inches long?

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Question 319836: When the sides of a pentagon are 6 inches long, the area of the pentagon is about
63 square inches. What would be the area of a pentagon whose sides are 2 inches long?
Answer by scott8148(6628)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
for similar figures , the ratio of the areas is the square of the ratio of the sides

so a figure with 1/3 the side length would have 1/9 (1/3 squared) the area
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