Question

a rectangle with an area of 324 square units is dilated by a factor of 1/6. the area of the dilated rectangle is ___ square units

Answer 1

area is a square measure the if we multiply by a factor we need to multiply by the square of the factor

then the area of the dilated rectangle is

`\begin{gathered} 324*((1)/(6))^2 \\ \\ 324*(1)/(36)=9 \end{gathered}`

9 square units