Question

The triangles are similar. The area of the larger triangle is 1200 cm?

What is the area of the smaller triangle?

Answer 1

I would say 75cm^2.

Answer 2

75 cm^2

Explanation:

We have the lengths of two corresponding sides. The scale factor from the large triangle to the small triangle is 16/64 = 1/4. Each side of the smaller triangle is 1/4 times the length of the corresponding side of the large triangle.

For the areas, the scale factor is the square of the scale factor of the lengths. Area scale factor = 1/4^2 = 1/16.

The area of the small triangle is 1/16 the area of the large triangle.

area of small triangle = (area of large triangle) * (area scale factor)

area of small triangle = 1200 cm^2 * 1/6 = 1200 cm^2/16

area of small triangle = (1200 cm^2)/16 = 75 cm^2