Asked by johny cox

Look at this parallelogram:

33 m
26 m


If both dimensions are quadrupled, then which of the following statements about its area will be true?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Area = base × height. Quadrupling both dimensions multiplies area by 4×4 = 16.

Original area = 33×26 = 858 m².
New area = (4·33)×(4·26) = 132×104 = 13,728 m² = 16×858 m².

So the area becomes 16 times as large (a 1500% increase).