SOLUTION: If the ratio of the corresponding diagonals of two similar figures is 4 : 9 ,then what is the ratio of their perimeters?

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Question 201295: If the ratio of the corresponding diagonals of two similar figures is 4 : 9 ,then what is the ratio of their perimeters?
Answer by RAY100(1637) About Me  (Show Source):
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Remember with similar figures, that have proportional sides,
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length and perimeter varies as Scale Factor ^1
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Area varies as SF^2
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and Volume varies as SF^3
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in our case SF = 4/9, perimeters have this same ratio, 4/9