Question

The triangles are similar. The area of the larger triangle is 567 cm². What is the area of the smaller triangle?

Answer 1

Probably need a picture here.

Answer 2

Linear measure is 1/3 as much means area will be 1/9 as much. Take the 567 cm^2 and divide by nine.

Answer 3

The answer might be close to 63 cm^2.

Answer 4

Thank you for your help.

Answer 5

As a matter of explanation, think about how you calculate the area of the triangle.\[A=\frac{bh}{2}\]If the triangles are similar, both the base and height will be smaller by the constant of proportion. Since they are multiplied, the difference in area is the proportion factor squared.

Answer 6

No sweat. Do math every day.