Effect on area of a triangle if base is increased and height reduced

If the base of a right-angled triangle is increased 4 times and the height is reduced to half, what will be the effect on its area?

Solution:

let h be the height of the triangle and b be the base as shown below:

Area of the above triangle, A = (b * h)/2

If height is increased 4 times and the base is reduced to half, then

new height = 4h

new base = b/2

new area  = ((b/2) * (4h) )/2 = 2 * ( (b*h)/2) = 2.A

Hence, the area becomes double.

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Triangle Maths

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