SOLUTION: a company wants to reduce the dimensions of its logo by one fourth to use on business cards. if the area of the original logo is 4 square inches, what is the area of the logo that

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Question 1071899: a company wants to reduce the dimensions of its logo by one fourth to use on business cards. if the area of the original logo is 4 square inches, what is the area of the logo that will be used on the business cards
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The original logo had sides that were +sqrt%284%29+=+2 inches.
The new sides are 1.5 inches long (1/4 * 2 = 1/2)
So the new logo will have area (1.5 in)*(1.5 in) = +highlight%282.25%29+ square inches