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Problem of the Week

Problem C
Wired
A piece of wire 60 cm in length is to be cut into two parts in the ratio 3 : 2. Each
part is bent to form a square.
Determine the ratio of the area of the larger square to the smaller square.

Strands

Measurement, Patterning and Algebra