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 34
, determine the surface area of the new box. Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.(1 point)
cm2

Answer 1

A linear scale factor of 3/4 changes surface area by (3/4)^2 = 9/16. So the new surface area is 112 × 9/16 = 63 cm².