SOLUTION: If an angle of a triangle remains unchanged but each of its two including sides is doubled, then the new area divided by the old area is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
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Question 233616: If an angle of a triangle remains unchanged but each of its two including sides is doubled, then the new area divided by the old area is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 (e) more than 6
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Answer is (c) = 4.
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Basically, when you double the two sides with the angle in between them, then you double the altitude, and when you double the altitude, you quadruple the area because.
A = 1/2 * b * h where:
b is the base = one of the included sides, and:
h is the altitude.
b is doubled and h is doubled to get:
A = 1/2 * 2 * b * 2 * h = 1/2 * 4 * b * h
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