Question

The corresponding sides of two similar rectangles are 14 ft and 8 ft. The area of the smaller rectangle is 57 ft2. To the nearest whole number, what is the area of the larger rectangle?

Answer 1

Assume they are right triangles, find the other side of the smaller triangle
2(57/8) = 14.25 sq/ft: (.5*14.25*8=57).
Find the other side of the larger triangle, using corresponding sides in
similar triangles
*14.25 = 24.9375

Find the area of the larger triangle
.5*14*24.9375 = 174.5625 sq/ft area of the larger triangle.