<em>The side length of the new square is 24 ft.</em>
Step-by-step explanation:
<u>Dilations</u>
A dilation is a transformation that produces a new image that is the same shape as the original but of a different size.
A dilation stretches or shrinks the original figure. To describe a dilation it's usually included the scale factor (or ratio) and the center of the dilation.
We have a square with a side length of 36 ft. When this square is dilated by a scale factor of 2/3, the new square will have a side length of 36*2/3= 24 ft.
A half hour is 30 minutes. So you would need to divide 30 by 5 and you get six. Multiple 6 degrees Fahrenheit by 6 and you get 36 degrees. The solution cooled 36 degrees in half an hour.
