Question

if the sides of a triangle are halfed what will be the percentage increase or decrease in the area?​

Answer 1

Answer:

decrease as the sides would be halfed

Answer 2

Answer:

When the lengths of sides are halves, the triangle is similar and reduced. That's one-eighth of the original triangle. That's the percentage decrease will be 12.5%. That's the area of the reduced triangle will be 87.5% of the original triangle.

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