Question
How would I find the ratio of the lengths of corresponding sides in two similar triangles?
Answers
Steve
you need to know either
(a) the scale factor. The ratio of sides is the same
(b) the lengths of two corresponding sides. Just divide one by the other to get the ratio
(c) the ratio of their areas. The ratio of sides is the square root of that ratio.
(a) the scale factor. The ratio of sides is the same
(b) the lengths of two corresponding sides. Just divide one by the other to get the ratio
(c) the ratio of their areas. The ratio of sides is the square root of that ratio.