Sides of a rectangle are increased by a scale factor of 4. The perimeter of the smaller rectangle is 20cm what is the perimeter of the larger rectangle?

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11 January, 12:01

Sides of a rectangle are increased by a scale factor of 4. The perimeter of the smaller rectangle is 20cm what is the perimeter of the larger rectangle?

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Winston Kaufman · Answer 1

80 is the perimeter of the larger rectangle because the sides of the smaller one is 6,6,4 and 4 because they add up to 20. If you multiple each by 4 you get 24, 24, 16, and 16. When you add them together you get 80.