Question

Please i need help!!! Beth enlarged the triangle below by a scale of 5.

A triangle with a base of 4 centimeters and height of 3.5 centimeters.



She found the area of the enlarged triangle. Her work is shown below.


One-half (4) (3.5) (5) = 35 centimeters squared

Answer 1

Your answer is: There is a mistake in Beth's answer the mistake was that she multiplied the area of the original triangle by the scale factor.

Explanation:

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