SOLUTION: 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 of the other hexagon?

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Question 198690: 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 of the other hexagon?
Answer by arallie(162) About Me  (Show Source):
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Here we go:
If h%5B1%5D≅h%5B2%5D and h%5B1%5D%2Fh%5B2%5D=5%2F2 where h%5B1%5D=25
Then 25%2Fh%5B2%5D=5%2F250=5h%5B2%5Dh%5B2%5D=10
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