SOLUTION: how do you find if two cylinders are similar and the scale factor given the diameter and the height?

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Question 586165: how do you find if two cylinders are similar and the scale factor given the diameter and the height?
Answer by scott8148(6628) About Me  (Show Source):
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if the ratios of the height-to-diameter are the same, then the cylinders are similar

the scale factor is height-to-height (or diameter-to-diameter)