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document.write( "If the ratio of linear dimensions of similar shapes is 3:10, then the ratio of their surface areas is the SQUARE of this ratio, i.e. 9:100.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, you can write this proportion\r\n" );
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document.write( "From this proportion, find x.\r\n" );
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