A square with an area A^2 of is enlarged to a square with an area of 25A^2. How was the side of the smaller square changed?

a. The side length was increased by 5.

b. The side length was multiplied by 5.

c. The side length was increased by 10.

d. The side length was multiplied by 10.

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Houston Stark

16 May, 00:24

A square with an area A^2 of is enlarged to a square with an area of 25A^2. How was the side of the smaller square changed?

a. The side length was increased by 5.

b. The side length was multiplied by 5.

c. The side length was increased by 10.

d. The side length was multiplied by 10.

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Leslie Baker · Answer 1

Multipled by 5 because the equation previously was: 1a x 1a thus a^2. And if the answer was to increase by 5 it would (1 + 5) a^2 which would yield 36 and if (1x5) a^2 then 5X5 = 25

A square with an area A^2 of is enlarged to a square with an area of 25A^2. How was the side of the smaller square changed?a. The side length was increased by 5.b. The side length was multiplied by 5.c. The side length was increased by 10.d. The side length was multiplied by 10.

A square with an area A^2 of is enlarged to a square with an area of 25A^2. How was the side of the smaller square changed?

a. The side length was increased by 5.

b. The side length was multiplied by 5.

c. The side length was increased by 10.

d. The side length was multiplied by 10.