document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=974820>Question 974820</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this problem; i already tried and got B. 10.00, however this is not right because I got it wrong. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the areas of two similar hexagons are to each other as 5 : 2, and one side of the first hexagon is 25, what is the corresponding side in the other hexagon? Round your answer to two decimal places.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. 3.16 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. 10.00 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. 15.81 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. 250.00 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "another way is it is 2.6 x the side length squared.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of the first is 625 *2.96=1850<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The second is 40% of that or 740<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide by 2.96=250<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Take the square root15.81\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The other way is through 6 equilateral triangles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area of an equilateral triangle is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "[(sart 3)/4] *a^2, where a is the side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is 0.433 a^2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 equilateral triangles have 2.598 *a^2.  That is where the 2.6 came from. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C is the answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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