SOLUTION: A right triangle with sides of length 3 cm, 4 cm, and 5 cm is similar to a right triangle with side lengths 12 cm, 16 cm, and 20 cm. What is the perimeter of the larger triangle? F

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: A right triangle with sides of length 3 cm, 4 cm, and 5 cm is similar to a right triangle with side lengths 12 cm, 16 cm, and 20 cm. What is the perimeter of the larger triangle? Find the ratio of corresponding sides and the ratio of the perimeters. What do you notice? This question is from textbook

Answer by tazoftroy(22) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Perimeter of larger triangle=
Ratio of sides:
Ratio of perimeters:
Sides of larger triangle are 4x sides of smaller triangle.
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