Question

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Hal 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 made four times the original dimensions, and the length of the side AD is tripled. What is the area of the new cardboard piece?

twelve times the area of the original cardboard piece

one-sixth of the area of the original cardboard piece

four times the area of the original cardboard piece

one-third of the area of the original cardboard piece