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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "My question is using similar figures. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the ratio of the corresponding sides of two similar triangles are 4:9,and the sides of the smaller triangle are 10cm,16cm, and 18cm, what would be the perimeter of the larger triangle?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply each of the smaller triangle sides by (9/4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You get (9/4)10= 20 5/4 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(9/4)16=36 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(9/4)18=81/2= 40 1/2 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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