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 #186954 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=drk><B>drk(1908)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=drk><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=186954\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> We start with ratio of corresponding sides as 1:4.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sides, lengths, widths, and perimeters are all called 1 dimensional.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "area, surface area, lateral area are all called 2 dimensional.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Volumes are called 3 dimensional<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To go from a 1 dimensional ratio to a 1 dimensional ratio, just use the same fraction.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To go from a 1 dimensional ratio to a 2 dimensional ratio, square the 1 dimensional fraction.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To go from a 1 dimensional ratio to a 3 dimensional ratio, cube the 1 dimensional fraction<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "we want the ratio of perimeter, so 1:4  = 1:4.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We want the area ratio, so 1:4 - -> (1:4)^2 = 1:16. </SPAN>\n" );
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