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Answer 1

The area of the part you can see after the folds is exactly half of the original area.
Now what do you mean by "If the dimensions of the origami paper are decreased by" --- a decrease in the side length of the original unfolded paper? And what is the ratio by which it was decreased?

Answer 2

The original side length?

Answer 3

Doesn't matter I guess.

Answer 4

Area of your figure (I had to enlarge it for my old eyes to see) is
6 sqrt(2) times 6 sqrt(2) = 72 OK?

Answer 5

Now since area goes like the square of the side and the side is reduced to 1/2
the area will be reduced to 1/4

Answer 6

Did I mess up?

Answer 7

Oh.. they mean the area of the original unfolded piece.

Answer 8

That's 144 / 4

Answer 9

That 6 sqrt (2) is the side length of the folded paper, giving an area of 72. If that paper is folded in half again, the area will be 6 sqrt (2) * (6 sqrt 2)/2. That is a confusing question...

Answer 10

yw I think we're OK.

Answer 11

I want to say its 72...because it says if the dimensions of the original are decreased by half (first pic -> second pic) what is the area? It's still (6sqrt2)^2

Answer 12

so 36^2 ..?