SOLUTION: A rectangle has an area of 50cm squared. The dimensions of the rectangle are multiplied to form a new rectangle with an area of 200 cm squared. By what number were the dimensions

Question 964180: A rectangle has an area of 50cm squared. The dimensions of the rectangle are multiplied to form a new rectangle with an area of 200 cm squared. By what number were the dimensions multiplied?
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Times 2. Because the dimensions are linear and the result is square, so 2^2=4 and as the problem says the rectangle went from 50 to 200, and 50*4= 200
Here we go:
10cm*5cm= 50cm^2
(10*2)(5*2)= 200 cm^2
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