Question

A prism has a surface area of 176 cm2.



What is the surface area of a scaled image with a scale factor of 1 half?

Answer 1

scale factor applies to the prism's side dimensions and the surface depends on the square of side dimensions.

So a scale factor of one half i.e. 1/2 means the surface area will be....

Answer 2

HELP NOW I HAVE TO LEAVE IN BOUT 9 MIN HURRY!

Answer 3

all you have to do is the square root of 1/2

Answer 4

88 cm2

Answer 5

did you get it form the internet?

Answer 6

no

Answer 7

the square root of 1/2 is 0.25 so that is your answer

Answer 8

what is correct here 0.25 or 88cm????????

Answer 9

88cm is the wrong answer i dont know how @SimplyE got that answer.

Answer 10

1/2 is actually 0.5

Answer 11

oh...... yeah sorry i calculated wrong :)

Answer 12

but tat is not the answer

Answer 13

??

Answer 14

@Andrewthehelper

Answer 15

tell me the answer is it 44cm?

Answer 16

@EmmanuelRocksYou

Answer 17

@amistre64

Answer 18

what the answer I need it pronto!!!!!!!

Answer 19

@Legends

Answer 20

@iGreen

Answer 21

@amistre64

Answer 22

Im sorry i dont now this stufff

Answer 23

know*

Answer 24

@amistre64 we need you wisdom

Answer 25

if we have a square that is 2x2, its area is 4

scale it in half

if we have a square that is 1x1, its area is 1

the area reduces by a division of 4, original area/4

Answer 26

so what do we do

Answer 27

divide ... the original area ... by 4

Answer 28

I get 44cm

Answer 29

that should do it then

176/4 = 44