document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=947185>Question 947185</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A company makes two sizes of solar panels in the shape of a regular hexagon. The length of the two hexagon's sides are in a ratio of 2 to 3. If the area of the smaller solar panel is 8 square feet, what is the area of the larger solar panel?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of a regular polygon is a function of the square of the side length.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For these 2 similar polygons the longer side is 1.5 times the shorter side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> 8*1.5^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 18 sq ft </SPAN>\n" );
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