document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1016511>Question 1016511</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a triangle swimming pool with base length of 10 m and attitude of 12m was reduced in suze to dorm a baby swimming piil whose area is 10m^2. Find the scale factor that used to reduce the swimming pool </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #632891 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=632891\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Original swimming poole has surface area of (1/2)*10*12=60 m^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is reduced to 1/6 of that.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1/2)(10/x)(12/x)=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(120/x^2)=20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=sqrt(6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it was reduced by1/ sqrt (6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1/2)*(5/3)sqrt(6)*2 sqrt(6)=10 </SPAN>\n" );
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