SOLUTION: If the lengths of a triangle are tripled, is the area also tripled?

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Question 290915: If the lengths of a triangle are tripled, is the area also tripled?
Answer by Deina(147)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The formula to calculate the area of a triangle is:


where:
b = the length of the base and
h = height.
Should take you less time to calculate than it took to ask the question & bob's your uncle!

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