SOLUTION: bri has a square with dimensions 6cm by 6cm. If bri triples the dimensions of her square, by what factor does she increase the area of her square?

Question 894688: bri has a square with dimensions 6cm by 6cm. If bri triples the dimensions of her square, by what factor does she increase the area of her square?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39614) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Try to solve this more generally. Start with square of dimensions x by x. Triple the dimensions so a new square has 3x by 3x dimensions.

Original square, area is .

New square as described with triple each dimension, area is .

What factor compares the tripled linear length square to the original lengthed square?

Tripling the linear dimensions increases the area by factor of 9.
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