SOLUTION: A rectangular piece of paper is folded six times in succession.The final folded piece of paper has area 20 in^2.Find the area of unfolded piece of paper .please explain.
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Question 674517: A rectangular piece of paper is folded six times in succession.The final folded piece of paper has area 20 in^2.Find the area of unfolded piece of paper .please explain. Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Each time the paper is folded, the
area that you see is 1/2 of what it was
So, the area you end up with is
where is the area you started with
and is the final area
given: in2 in2
