SOLUTION: The area of a circle is 1oo times the area of another circle.What is the ratio of their circumferences?

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Question 713136: The area of a circle is 1oo times the area of another circle.What is the ratio of their circumferences?
Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
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The ratio of areas of those circles is 100:1.
For similar figures, ratios of area as the squares of the ratios of lengths, so
The ratios of circumferences, radii, and diameters are all 10:1
because 10%2F1=sqrt%28100%2F1%29 <--> %2810%2F1%29%5E2=100%2F1