Question

A kindergarten school has square mats in two colors, red and blue. The ratio of the perimeter of the red mat to the perimeter of the blue mat is 2 : 1. The area of the blue mat is 36 square feet.

What is the area of the red mat?

72 square feet

9 square feet

18 square feet

144 square feet

Answer 1

i think is 144

Answer 2

Okay so the ratio is 2:1 (red to blue). It says in this question that blue is 36 sq. feet. So, all we have to do it *2 to make it match the ratio. 36*2=72. ONce you put this back in the ratio 72:36, it comes back to 2:1 when you simplify so it's correct :)
The answer is A

Answer 3

72