Question

a rectangle with an area of 324 square units is dilated by a factor of 1/6. the area of the dilated rectangle is ___ square units

Answer 1

area is a square measure the if we multiply by a factor we need to multiply by the square of the factor

then the area of the dilated rectangle is

$\begin{gathered} 324\times(\frac{1}{6})^2 \\ \\ 324\times\frac{1}{36}=9 \end{gathered}$

9 square units