Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 8
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7. Perimeters and Areas of Similar Figures
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Exercise 1 Page 84

The ratio of the perimeters is the same as the ratio between corresponding side lengths.

9/15

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Consider that Figure A and Figure B are similar figures. The length of two corresponding sides are 9 and 15 feet. We want to find the ratio of the perimeter of A to the perimeter of B. To do so, recall that the ratio of the perimeter is the same as the ratio between the corresponding side lengths.

Perimeter of A/Perimeter of B=Side Length of A/Side Length of B ⇕ Perimeter of A/Perimeter of B= 9/15 The value of the ratio of the perimeters is 915.