document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=254632>Question 254632</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this and can you show me how you did it? To rectangles are similar. The ratio of their corresponding sides is 1:4. Find the ratio of there perimeters and their areas   </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #186952 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=186952\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If their ratio is 1:4 that means every thing on one is 4 times the size of the other<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so one will have the p=2L+2W and A=L*W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the other will be p=2(4L) +2*(4W) and A=4L*4W\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p=8L +8W so the ratio of perimeter will be 2:8=1:4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A=16*L*W will be 1:16 or 1:4^2<BR>\n" );
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