the area of a scale rectangle is 24in squared,The original is 6in squared, the scale rectangle has sides of 3.2 and 7.5,What are the side of the original rectangle.

Question

It is ba 7th grade question need help TEST TOMORROW.

Answer 1

The ratio of the areas is 4:1, so the ratio of the linear dimensions are √4:1=2:1. The scale rectangle has twice the lengths as the original, so the original is half the dimensions: 1.6 and 3.75 inches.