document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1155823>Question 1155823</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The radii of two similar cones are 1.0 and 2.5 respectively. What is the ratio of:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Their lateral areas? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "It's a basic principle for similar figures, no matter how simple or complex they are.  It can be two squares (which are all similar to each other), or it can be an entire city and a scale model of that city.<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If two similar figures have a scale factor (ratio of corresponding linear measurements) of a:b, then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1) the ratio of corresponding area measurements is a^2:b^2; and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) the ratio of corresponding volume measurements is a^3:b^3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Radii are linear measurements; lateral surface areas are area measurements.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Given the ratio of radii is 1:2.5, the ratio of lateral surface areas is 1^2:2.5^2, or 1:6.25.<br><BR>\n" );
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