"He will start with the Brachiosaurus which has an estimated height of 15 meters and make the model 3 meters on height. by what percent will Ruben decrease the size of the Brachiosaurus in order to fit it into the display"
The percent decrease is the difference in heights divided by the original height.
Bcuz when its square it results to something known as the perfect square trinomial. Thats the way i learned it. Ion know if u learned it the same way pero i hope this helps.