document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=609684>Question 609684</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Scale Factor<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How do you find the Ratio of perimeters and the ratio of areas?? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #384124 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><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=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=384124\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Note that perimeter is 1-dimensional and area is 2-dimensional.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This means that scaling the dimensions of a shape by a factor of x would alter its perimeter by a factor of x and its area by a factor of x^2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore the ratios of original/new perimeters and original/new areas are 1:4 and 1:16 respectively. </SPAN>\n" );
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