Q. Polygon B is a scaled copy of Polygon A using a scale factor of 5 .How many times as large is the area of Polygon B compared to the area Polygon A ?
Understand Scale Factor Relationship: Understand the relationship between the scale factor and the area of similar polygons.When a polygon is scaled by a factor, the area of the polygon is scaled by the square of that factor. Since Polygon B is a scaled copy of Polygon A using a scale factor of 5, we need to square the scale factor to find out how many times larger the area of Polygon B is compared to Polygon A.
Calculate Scale Factor Square: Calculate the square of the scale factor.The scale factor is 5, so we square it to find the factor by which the area increases.Area scale factor = 52=25
Conclude Area Relationship: Conclude the relationship between the areas of Polygon A and Polygon B.The area of Polygon B is 25 times as large as the area of Polygon A.
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