Finding Missing Distances in Scaled Figures

Finding Missing Distances in Scaled Figures

Introduction

Scaled figures have the same shape, and their corresponding measurements form equal ratios. These ratios can be used to find an unknown distance.

Theor...

A sailmaker makes two sails of the same triangular shape, one small and one large.

The small sail has a base of three feet and a height of four feet, and the large sail has a base of nine feet.

Let’s find the large sail’s height. The large sail’s 9-foot base is three times the small sail’s 3-foot base. Since the sails have the same s...