Find the percentage increase in area of a triangle if its each side is doubled

First of all, to find the area of a triangle you multiply the base * height and divide the result by two (2).

Let's use a triangle which sides are all 2 inches. To find the area, you do 2*2/2  which equals 2.

Now, double each side and each side of the triangle is now 4.

We do 4*4/2 which now equals 8.

The percentage increase from 2 --> 8 is 600%.

The percentage of the old area to the new area is 800%

ANSWER: 600%

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explanation:

previous steps have made pa≅ pb ≅ st ≅ su. setting the compass width to ab allows you to make tu the same length. then δstu ≅ δpab by the sss congruence postulate, and ∠p ≅ ∠s by the reason cpctc.