SOLUTION: The ratio of corresponding sides of similar triangles is four colon nine. If the longest side of the smaller triangle is thirty-six mm, what is the longest side of the larger trian

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Question 767684: The ratio of corresponding sides of similar triangles is four colon nine. If the longest side of the smaller triangle is thirty-six mm, what is the longest side of the larger triangle?
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Divide the measure of the longest side of the smaller triangle by 4. Then multiply that result by 9.

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