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Question 1170241: There are two equilateral triangles with different areas. In the first, the distance OA is 9 cm, and in the second, the distance OC is 4√2 cm, where O is the circumcenter of the triangle. What is the ratio of the area of the first to the area of the second?
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There are two equilateral triangles with different areas. In the first, the distance OA is 9 cm, and in the second, the distance OC is 4√2 cm, where O is the circumcenter of the triangle. What is the ratio of the area of the first to the area of the second?
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Area is a function of the square of the dimensions.
---> 81:32