The rectangle below was enlarged using a scale factor.

A rectangle with width 1.6 centimeters is enlarged to a rectangle with length 25 centimeters and width 8 centimeters.

What is the area of the original rectangle?

8 cm²

20 cm²

25 cm²

40 cm

Question

Mathematics

Juliet Mclean

4 February, 23:47

The rectangle below was enlarged using a scale factor.

A rectangle with width 1.6 centimeters is enlarged to a rectangle with length 25 centimeters and width 8 centimeters.

What is the area of the original rectangle?

8 cm²

20 cm²

25 cm²

40 cm

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Answers (2)

Know the Answer?

Saniya Estrada · Answer 1

8cm sqaured

Merritt · Answer 2

A. 8 cm²

Step-by-step explanation:

You can find the length of the original rectangle with ratios:

1.6 : x

8 : 25

Using this, we get:

25 / (8/1.6) = x

25/5=x

x=5

Then we multiply length by width.

5*1.6=8

The original rectangle had an area of 8 cm²

The rectangle below was enlarged using a scale factor.A rectangle with width 1.6 centimeters is enlarged to a rectangle with length 25 centimeters and width 8 centimeters.What is the area of the original rectangle?8 cm²20 cm²25 cm²40 cm

The rectangle below was enlarged using a scale factor.

A rectangle with width 1.6 centimeters is enlarged to a rectangle with length 25 centimeters and width 8 centimeters.

What is the area of the original rectangle?

8 cm²

20 cm²

25 cm²

40 cm