Here’s what you can do to make this very simple. Consider that the “missing” space between the rectangles isn’t there. Then, find the area:
10 x 9 = 90 mm
Now, find the area of the “missing” part.
5 x 2 = 10 mm
Finally, you deduct the missing part from the complete rectangle!
90 - 10 = 80 mm
The area of this whole thing is 80 mm!
Same as all the other ones like this.
Since the two figures are similar . . .
-- The ratio of of their volumes is R³ .
-- The ratio of their surface areas is R² .
-- The ratio of their dimensions is R .
So R³ is 729 / 2744 .
Take the cube root of that and you'll have R .
Then square R and you'll have the ratio of their surface areas.
Hello there, you can proceed with the multiplication of these factors using the FOIL method (which stands for first, outer, inner and last) multiply I assume that by descending order, you mean by decreasing power. If it were so, the answer is 6(x^3)12(x^2)-16(x^2)32x-27x+72.
