Please help, I'm being timed and i can't figure this out.

The area of a parallelogram is 12 ft² after its dimensions were doubled. What is the area of the original parallelogram

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Please help, I'm being timed and i can't figure this out. 

The area of a parallelogram is 12 ft² after its dimensions were doubled. What is the area of the original parallelogram

a1234 · Answer

I guess it would be 6ft^2, since the dimensions were doubled in the new parallelogram.

anonymous · Answer

okay, could you help me with one more? @a1234

cwrw238 · Answer

No because the areas are in the ratio of the squares of the dimensions
the answer is 3 ft^2

a1234 · Answer

I felt something was missing, cwrw238 is correct. They'll help you.

cwrw238 · Answer

let me illustrate let dimensions of big one be 3*4

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