Two squares are drawn. the smaller square has an area of 256 square meters. the areas of the two squares have a ratio of 4:9. what is the side length s of the larger square.

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Justice Mathews

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24 February, 16:11

Two squares are drawn. the smaller square has an area of 256 square meters. the areas of the two squares have a ratio of 4:9. what is the side length s of the larger square.

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Nigel · Answer 1

A scale factor is the ratio of two similar geometric figures of their corresponding sides. The scale factor is calculated by locating the corresponding sides on each figure. We do as follows:

256/x = 4/9

x = 576 m^2

side length = 24 m

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