Thread: Triangle Similarity

Two similar triangles. One area is 56 cm^2 and the other is 343 cm^2...on side of the first triangle is 8...whats the length of the corresponding side?

Originally Posted by stones44

Two similar triangles. One area is 56 cm^2 and the other is 343 cm^2...on side of the first triangle is 8...whats the length of the corresponding side?

In similar figurs the ratio of the areas is the square of the ratio of corresponding linear dimensions.

Here the ratio of the areas is and so if is the unknown corresponding side of the second triangle:



RonL

so if my algebra is correct the answer is ~19.8 inches