A model of a rectangular patio at a landscaping business will be enlarged by a scale factor of 2 when it is installed in a customer’s back yard. The area of the new enlarged patio will be 160 square feet. Which is the area of the landscaper’s model?
10 square feet
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40 square feet
80 square feet
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the area scales by the square of the linear factor. So, 160 is 4 times the model's area.
no help at all Steve.
I think you just divide the original by 2-
just two, not negitive two
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