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3 years ago

How does tripling the side lengths of a right triangle affect its area?)

Mathematics

2 answers:

Furkat [3]3 years ago

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Answer:

The area would increase 6 times

Explanation:

The area of the triangle can be calculated as follows:

area = $\frac{1}{2} * base * height$

Tripling the side lengths of a right triangle would mean that:

new base = 3 * base

new height = 3 * height

Substitute with the new values in the equation:

new area = $\frac{1}{2} * 3 * base * 3 * height$

new area = $6 (\frac{1}{2} * base * height)$

Comparing the new area with the original one, we can conclude that by tripling the side lengths of the right triangle, the area of the triangle will increase 6 times.

Hope this helps :)

kap26 [50]3 years ago

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The area of the triangle will then be 9 times as great.

The formula of the area of a triangle is 1/2bh, so if the base has been tripled and the height has been tripled, you're essentially multiplying 3 to the original equation twice (3 x 3 = 9).

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