Question

You’re rectangular 12 feet long and 8 feet wide. Your friend’s rectangular vegetable garden 50 feet long and 10 feet wide are the garden similar?

Answer 1

Not similar

Explanation:

Well let’s find the areas first.

My garden)

12*8

=96

Freind’s garden)

50*10

=500

The two gardens are not similar whatsoever.

Thus,

the two gardens are not similar.

Hope this helps :)

Answer 2

No

Explanation:

For shapes to be similar, their ratios of length-to-length and width-to-width must be the same. When you divide the larger length by the smaller length and the larger width by the smaller width, do you get the same number? No, so these rectangles are not similar.