Question

Jim cuts a piece of cardboard in the shape shown below.

He plans to cut another piece of cardboard in the same shape. The length of the sides AB and DC of the new piece of cardboard are doubled, and the length of the side AD is halved. What is the area of the new cardboard piece?

three times the area of the original cardboard piece

half of the area of the original cardboard piece

same as the area of the original cardboard piece

double the area of the original cardboard piece