SOLUTION: A diagonal drawn through square A is half as long as a diagonal drawn through square B. The area of square B is how many times the area of square A?
a 1/4 b 1/2 c 2 d 4
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a 1/4 b 1/2 c 2 d 4
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Question 340831: A diagonal drawn through square A is half as long as a diagonal drawn through square B. The area of square B is how many times the area of square A?
a 1/4 b 1/2 c 2 d 4 e 8 Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A diagonal drawn through square A is half as long as a diagonal drawn through square B.
The area of square B is how many times the area of square A?
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Establish the relationship between the diagonal and the area
Let x = the diagonal of square A
Let s = the side of square A
s^2 + s^2 = x^2 = x = x
s =
Area = s^2
A =
A = the area of A
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Let 2x = diagonal of B
Replace x with 2x in the above equation
A =
A =
A = is the area of B
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Divide Area of B by the area of A
2x^2 *
Cancel x^2
2 * 2 = 4 times area of A is the area of B
