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Two prisms are similar. The surface area of one is four times the surface area of the other. What is the ratio of the corresponding dimensions?
13 years ago

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Reiny
side1^2/side^2 = 1/4

side1/side1 = 1/2

the ratio is 1 : 2
13 years ago

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