Question

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

I need help working this out.

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

So what do you think you need to do?

Answer 3

yeah what @cydnimarie said ^^

multiply area by 4

Answer 4

oh sorry divide by 4 since original is smaller

Answer 5

Yes. She wants to divide by 4.

Answer 6

Thank you!(:

Answer 7

You're welcome :)