James drew a scaled version of Triangle J using a scale factor of 4 and labeled it Triangle K. The base of triangle J is 5 units

Question

4 years ago

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and the height of triangle J is 4. What is the area of triangle K?

2 answers:

Andreas93 [3] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-25T00:15:39+03:00

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Answer:

The area of triangle K is 16 times greater than the area of triangle J

Step-by-step explanation: so...... If Triangle K is a scaled version of Triangle J

then

Triangle K and Triangle J are similar

erica [24] · Answer 2 · 2022-02-25T01:21:48+03:00

erica [24]4 years ago

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Answer:

160

Step-by-step explanation:

If the scale factor is 4, we would have to multiply the height and width by 4

4*5=20

4*4=16

Now to find the area of the triangle using the formula (20*16)/2

That equals to 160