The ratio of the areas of two similar parallelogram is 4:9.find the height of the bigger one if the smaller one has 8cm height.
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well, the ratio of sides is 2:3, so ...
Since the areas of similar figures are proportional to the square of their corresponding sides
the sides are in the ratio of 2 : 3
x/8 = 3/2
2x = 24
etc
the sides are in the ratio of 2 : 3
x/8 = 3/2
2x = 24
etc
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