William W. answered 07/31/21
Experienced Tutor and Retired Engineer
The area ratio is the square of the similarity ratio. So for #1, (1/7)2 = 1/49 so the area ratio is 1:49.
The volume ratio is the cube of the similarity ratio. So for #1, (1/7)3 = 1/343 so the volume ratio is 1:343.
For #3, to find the similarity ratio, take the square root of the area ratio. So the similarity ratio = √(25/4) = 5:2. That means the volume ratio is (5/2)3 = 125:8.
For #5, take the cube root of 1331/1728 to get a similarity ratio of 11:12 then square 11:12 to get the area ratio
San P.
Ah, I get it now. Thank you :)07/31/21