Beth enlarged the triangle below by a scale of 5.

Question

A triangle with a base of 4 centimeters and height of 3.5 centimeters.

She found the area of the enlarged triangle. Her work is shown below.

One-half (4) (3.5) (5) = 35 centimeters squared

What was Beth’s error?
She should have divided One-half (4) (3.5) by 5.
She should have divided One-half (4) (3.5) by 5 squared.
She should have multiplied (4) (3.5) by 5.
She should have multiplied One-half (4) (3.5) by 5 squared.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

both base and height need to be scaled up by 5

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

the answer; She should have multiplied (4) (3.5) by 5.

Answer 6

i just need the help oof i suck at math and have to do edgenuity and finally got from 40 something to 67

Answer 7

I don't get it, what is the answer

Answer 8

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Answer 9

It’s D
You have to multiply the area of the actual drawing by the square of the enlargement

Answer 10

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