In a diagram there is a picture which is 16cm x 8cm surrounded by a border of width 4 cm forming a bigger rectangle. Are the two rectangles similar?
Here is the image. The quality is really bad but i hope its understanable
Here is the image. The quality is really bad but i hope its understanable
1 Answer
May 12, 2018
Your picture is fine! And no, they aren't similar.
Explanation:
The two rectangles will be similar if the ratio of their length to width are the same.
Let the width and length of the smaller rectangle be
So the ratio is
If its a border of 4cm all the way around, then this will be 8cm overall.