I am not sure what you mean, but x=4
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Answer: Polygon Q's area is 1/4 of Polygon P's area
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Explanation:
Imagine we had a square with side length 8. The area of this square is 8*8 = 64.
Now let's reduce each side of the square by the scale factor 1/2. So each new side is 8*(1/2) = 4. The area of this smaller square is 4*4 = 16.
Comparing the new area (16) to the old one (64), we see that the new area is 16/64 = 1/4 of the old area.
In other words,
new smaller area = (1/4)*(old larger area)
So this is one example to see why (1/2)*(1/2) = 1/4 is the area scale factor based on the linear scale factor of 1/2. In short, (1/2)^2 = 1/4. Whatever the original scale factor is, square it and you'll get the area scale factor.
<span>Since RT bisects QS, we have QT congruent to ST. Bisect means it cuts QS in half. The we have RT congruent to RT since it is the same. By SSS, we have triangle QRT congruent to triangle SRT since QT is congruent to ST, RT is congruent to RT, and QR is congruent to SR. Each side is congruent to its respective side in the other triangle and that is SSS (side, side, side).</span>
