Question

the ratio of the lengths of the correspondinq sides of two rectangles is 8:3 . the area of the larger rectangle is 320 ft^2. what is the area of the smaller rectangle?

Answer 1

LW=320

Answer 2

ratio of areas goes with the square so if the original ratio is 8:3 the areas will be in the ratio of 64:9

Answer 3

\[320\times \frac{9}{64}=45\]