Question

A rectangle has a perimeter of 45 ft. The length and width are scaled by a factor of 1.5. What is the perimeter of the resulting rectangle?

Answer 1

67.5

Explanation:

The perimeter of the resulting rectangle is 67.5 ft

What is the perimeter of the resulting rectangle?

Given that

Perimeter = 45 ft

Scale factor = 1.5

So, we have

Resulting perimeter = 45 * 1.5

Evaluate

Resulting perimeter = 67.5

What is the area of this figure?

The area is the sum of the individual areas

The figure can be divided into two trapezoids

Using the above and the area formulas as a guide, we have the following:

Area = 1/2 * (3 + 5) * 2 + 1/2 * (3 + 7) * 4

Evaluate

Area = 28

Hence, the area is 28 sq units