A small diagram in a textbook is 3 cm x 4 cm. The teacher takes the textbook to the copier to enlarge the diagram. If the teacher hits 150% in the copier, what are the new dimensions of the diagram after being copied?

Respuesta :

Answer:

4.5 cm x 6 cm

Step-by-step explanation:

Notice that the 150% enlargement can be written as a fraction:[tex]\frac{150}{100} = 1.5[/tex]

That gives us a clue about what value to multiply each side of the textbook by  in order to obtain the new enlarged dimensions.

Therefore, the side which is 3 cm now becomes: [tex]3 cm * 1.5 = 4.5 cm[/tex]

and the side which is 4 cm now becomes: [tex]4 cm * 1.5 = 6 cm[/tex]