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The area of a triangle is 243 in. If both its length and width are reduced to one- third their original length, what would its new area be?

Sagot :

The original area of the triangle is:

[tex]A_{\text{original}}=243in^2_{}[/tex]

Let's call the original length "l" and the original width "w".

And now we remember the formula to calculate the area of a triangle using the length (or base) and the width (or height):

[tex]A=\frac{l\times w}{2}[/tex]

So for the original triangle:

[tex]\frac{l\times w}{2}=243in^2[/tex]

Now, since we are told that the length and width are reduced to 1/3 their orifinal length, the new length is:

[tex]\frac{l}{3}[/tex]

And the new width is:

[tex]\frac{w}{3}[/tex]

And using this length and width, the area of the new triangle will be calculated as follows:

[tex]A_{\text{new}}=\frac{\frac{l}{3}\times\frac{w}{3}}{2}[/tex]

Solving the operations in the numerator:

[tex]\begin{gathered} A_{\text{new}}=\frac{\frac{l\times w}{3\times3}}{2} \\ \\ A_{\text{new}}=\frac{\frac{l\times w}{9}}{2} \end{gathered}[/tex]

We can re-write this expression as follows:

[tex]A_{\text{new}}=\frac{1}{9}(\frac{l\times w}{2})[/tex]

And we know that for this triangle the expression in parentheses is equal to:

[tex]\frac{l\times w}{2}=243in^2[/tex]

Substituting this into the expression to find the new area:

[tex]\begin{gathered} A_{\text{new}}=\frac{1}{9}(243in^2) \\ \\ A_{\text{new}}=27in^2 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Answer:

the new area is 27 in^2.