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Question 341499: The base of a rectangle is 10 m and the height is 7 m. What is the perimeter of a rectangle dilated to half the size? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The base of a rectangle is 10 m and the height is 7 m. What is the perimeter of a rectangle dilated to half the size?
Area is 10*7 = 70 sq. meters
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Comment: "Half the size" is an ambiguous statement.
Let's assume it means "half as much area".
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Dimensions would be 5m and 7m.
Perimeter would be 2*5+2*7 = 24 meters
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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