Jason is working in his garden. The garden is triangular. The length of the longest side is 10 feet. He uses a portion of the ga
rden for herbs. The portion is a similar triangle whose longest side is 4 feet. What is the percentage of the area of the herb garden compared to the area of the entire garden?
To get the percentage of area we shall proceed as follows: linear scale factor =length of herb/ length of garden =4/10 but area scale factor=(linear scale factor)^2 area scale factor=(2/5)^2=4/25 thus the percentage area proportion will be: 4/25*100 =16%
