A carpenter measured two square pieces of board. He found the length of the first board is 6 times longer than the corresponding side of the second. Based on this information, which statement is true about the two square boards?
I would say they are similar
can they be similar or is there not enough info to dtermine that

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A carpenter measured two square pieces of board. He found the length of the first board is 6 times longer than the corresponding side of the second. Based on this information, which statement is true about the two square boards?
I would say they are similar 
 can they be similar or is there not enough info to dtermine that

accessdenied · Answer

Yes, they can be considered similar.
They are the same shape (squares), and their sides share a similarity ratio of 6:1 (because squares just have four congruent sides, we only need to know that one is six times larger than the other to know that the other sides will share the same ratio).

anonymous · Answer

ok il stick with similar then thank u

accessdenied · Answer

You're welcome.  :)