Question

A square‘s sides are tripled producing an area of 81 square feet. What is the ratio of the area of the original square to the transformed square?

Answer 1

`3^2:1`

Explanation:

If you triple the sides, the area will increase by `3^2=9`

The new square has sides `=9` and area `=9xx9=81`

The original square has sides `=3` and area `=3xx3=9`

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