The sides of a polygon are 3, 5, 4, and 6. The shortest side of a similar polygon is 9. Find the ratio of their perimeters.

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14 September, 14:34

The sides of a polygon are 3, 5, 4, and 6. The shortest side of a similar polygon is 9. Find the ratio of their perimeters.

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Carley Stokes · Answer 1

Since the shortest side of the first polygon is 3, and the shortest side of the second polygon is 9, then that would make the second polygon 3 times larger. that would make us also be able to say that the other sides of the second polygon would just be multiplied by 3, making the 4 sides be a measure of 9,15,12, and 18