Area and Perimeter of Similar Figures

Similar Figures

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Questions:

1. What formula is used to calculate perimeter of a square?

2. What formula is used to calculate the area of a square?

3. How is the scale factor for these two squares related to the ratio of the perimeters?

4. How is the scale factor for these two squares related to the ratios of the areas?

Gary Browning, Created with GeoGebra