A smaller triangle is similar to a bigger triangle whose perimeters are 28 and 70, respectively. If the area of the smaller triangle is 100 sq. cm., what is the area of the bigger triangle?
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let P 1 be the perimeter of the smaller triangle, P 2 be the perimeter of the bigger triangle, A 1 be the area of the smaller triangle and A 2 be the area of the bigger triangle. The areas of similar plane figures have the same ratio as the squares of any two corresponding lines. Since the perimeter is a linear measure, we have
A 1 A 2 = ( P 1 ) 2 ( P 2 ) 2
1 0 0 A 2 = 2 8 2 7 0 2
A 2 = 6 2 5
Assuming the triangle is equilateral, compute each side of the triangle by dividing each perimeter by
3
. We know that the area of similar plane figures have the same ratio as the squares of any two corresponding sides. So we have
( 3 7 0 ) 2 A = ( 3 2 0 ) 2 1 0 0
A = 6 2 5 square centimeters
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( 28/70)^2 = ( 100 / x ) x = area of the bigger triangle x = 625