Question

The length of a rectangle is 15 ft and its width is 10 ft.

What is the effect on the area of the rectangle when all of its dimensions are multiplied by 1/5 ?

The area of the rectangle is multiplied by




The area of the rectangle is multiplied by _____

Answer 1

so if you multiply 15 and 10 by .2 or (1/5) you would get 3 and 2 then find the area which would be 6  then 6/150  to get what its multiplied by so the area of the new rectangle would be multiplied by .04