Question

The dimensions of triangle B are three times the dimensions of triangle A. The area of triangle B is 162 cm^2. What is the area of triangle A?

A.81 cm^2
B.36 cm^2
C.54 cm^2
D.18 cm^2

Answer 1

@rebeccaxhawaii can you help?

Answer 2

well is 3x so dived by 3

Answer 3

??

Answer 4

is it 54

Answer 5

divide by 3 sorry

Answer 6

I did 162/3=54

Answer 7

is that correct @rebeccaxhawaii

Answer 8

area 1 / area 2 = (side 1 / side 2 ) ^2

Answer 9

What??

Answer 10

thats an equation

Answer 11

ok

Answer 12

don't divide by 3, divide by 3^2 or 9