Question

Question
A laundry soap company decides it wants to shrink the size of its box to save on cost. The surface area of the original box is 112 cm2
. If it creates a new box using a scale factor of 3/4
, determine the surface area of the new box. Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.(1 point)
cm2

Answer 1

Surface area scales by the square of the linear scale factor. New area = (3/4)^2 × 112 = (9/16) × 112 = 63 cm².