SOLUTION: Vicky used up a rectangular piece of cardboard to cut out 5 squares, 4 of which are of the same size. It is known that the area of the larger square is 4 times that of the smaller
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Question 923818: Vicky used up a rectangular piece of cardboard to cut out 5 squares, 4 of which are of the same size. It is known that the area of the larger square is 4 times that of the smaller one. Find the ratio of the length of the smaller square to that of the larger square. Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Taking the square root of both sides of the EQ
ratio of the length of the smaller square to that of the larger square: 1:2
