Question

Noah enlarged a photograph by a scale factor of 6. The area of the enlarged photo is _______ times as large as the area of the original? Fill in the blank

Answer 1

Lets call the dimensions of the rectangle l and w. The new dimentions are 6l and 6w. The area of the first rectangle is lw. The area of the second rectangles is 36lw. 36lw/wl is the answer, and this is 36.