Question

A rectangle has a base of 5 inches and a height of 7 inches. If the dimensions are cut in half, what will happen to the area of the rectangle?

It will be half of the original size.
It will be the same as the original size.
It will be four times the original size.
It will be one-fourth the original size.

Answer 1

1/4

Answer 2

so the answer is A?

Answer 3

How is it A?

Answer 4

area = l *w
now you are reducing both l and w by half
so area will become 1/4

Answer 5

@loveya6638 can you solve now?

Answer 6

its D @ankit042