Question

The area of a parallelogram is 56 ft² after its dimensions were doubled. What is the area of the original parallelogram?

Answer 1

whenever the dimensions are doubled for a parallelogram, the new area is 4 times the original.

Answer 2

I believe you be dividing the square route if the 56 ft was doubled.

Answer 3

so if 56 is the new area after the dimensions are doubled, can you figure out what the original area was?

Answer 4

Oh ok, that actually makes some sense then.
Guess my next question is do I divide or what to find that?

Answer 5

56 is the area after you doubled so to get the original area, you'd have to divide.

Answer 6

Divide by the square root like Desireegb said?

Answer 7

no... 56/4

Answer 8

So, 14.
Thank you!