CPM Homework Help : A2C Problem 11-130

Two similar triangles are drawn on a piece of paper. The smaller triangle has an area of $600$ square mm and the larger triangle had an area of $960$ square mm. If the shortest side of the smaller triangle is 26 mm, how long is the shortest side of the larger triangle?

Hint:

It may be helpful to make a sketch so you can better visualize the word problem.

More Help:

Remember that the (side factor)² = area factor.

Answer:

The shortest side of the larger triangle is $32.9 \text{ mm}$ .