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Quadrilaterals A and B are similar. The area of quadrilateral A is 5cm². Calculate the area of quadrilateral B. 3cm 63° 87° 120° A 90° 15cm 63 87° B 120° 90°​

Quadrilaterals A and B are similar. The area of quadrilateral A is 5cm². Calculate-example-1

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Answer: 25cm²

Explanation:

Ok, so I haven't actually learnt this in school so I'm going to give it my best shot. (Don't be surprised if I get this wrong though.)

So, Quadrilaterals A and B are similar. They have the same angles. Therefore, (I'm thinking that) Quadrilateral B is just a scaled-up version of Quadrilateral A.

Here comes my theoretical part:

If one side of Quadrilateral B is 5 times longer than the same side of Quadrilateral A...

(Quadrilateral A is 3cm, and Quadrilateral B is 15cm).

... then the area of the entire Quadrilateral B should just be 5 times bigger than Quadrilateral A.

Therefore, (I'm guessing), Quadrilateral B has an area of 25cm²

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