Dorothy and Allen each cut out a rhombus from a piece of cardboard. The side lengths of Dorothy's rhombus are three times longer than the side lengths of Allen's rhombus.

If the area of Allen's rhombus is 5 square inches, what is the area of Dorothy's rhombus?

I picked 30 square inches,

A) 15 Square inches
B) 30 Square inches
C) 45 Square inches
D) 75 Square inches
E) 125 Square inches

Respuesta :

allen's rhombus is 5 squ.are inches. if you want to make the side lengths 3 times larger, you have to multiply by 9.
think about it this way. a rhombus can be a square. so, if allen's square is 5 square inches, then draw a picture. you will see that in order to make all of the sides *3, you must multiply by 9. 
5*9=45 so C is correct
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