Question

If the perimeter of triangle A is 16 in., the perimeter of triangle B is 8 in., and the area of triangle A is 160 in2 what is the area of triangle B if triangle A is similar to triangle B? @RadEn

Answer 1

similar means the triangles sides are proportional! do you need further help?

Answer 2

@whpalmer4 please help?

Answer 3

@thomaster @Luigi0210 @bahrom7893 can you guys please help? i'm so confused...

Answer 4

@AravindG please

Answer 5

if it's as simple as I'm hopefully not mistakenly making it to be,
since the triangles are similar and so proportional
since the perimiteter of triagngle a is double the perimeter of triangle b then that means the area should be double

So like a porportion 8/16 must equal x/160

half of 160 is 80
so the area is 80


****** I'll be honest I am not sure if this is correct***

Answer 6

@AravindG is this right?

Answer 7

This link is very useful

http://www.mathwarehouse.com/geometry/similar/triangles/area-and-perimeter-of-similar-triangles.php

Ratio of areas=(similarity ratio)^2

Answer 8

They follow a squared relations instead of a linear one.

Answer 9

Ok so 80 is the correct answer?

Answer 10

I just don't want to get it wrong :)

Answer 11

No. You got to square the ratio of perimeters.

Answer 12

Ohh, so 40^2?

Answer 13

the ratio of the perimiteers is the smaller perimeter triangle divided by the higher perimeter triangles

8/16

which equals 1/2

square it and it euwals 1/4