Question

A rectangle is reduced by the scale factor of 1/4 which of these choices show the ratio of the area of the smaller to the area of the larger

Answer 1

The area would be 1 : 16 ratio, of the smaller rectangle to the larger one.

Explanation:

I used a rectangle with the side length of 1 to model this for me. You can choose any number, but 1 is easy to multiply.

If the original rectangle had a side length of 1 and 1, the area would be 1.

If you reduce the size to 1/4th of the size, the area would be 0.0625, or 1/16th of the original.

I hope this helped!

Answer 2

It’s 1, 2, 3,

Explanation:

It’s that because to solve problems for the area of a reduced or enlarged figure, first square the scale factor. Then use the given dimensions to find the area of the original figure. Multiply the square of the scale factor by the area of the original to get the reduced or enlarged figure.