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Kriti

Asked: September 21, 2026In: Class 9 Maths

Three problems about fitting congruent shapes together: (i) Rectangle ABCD has sides a, b and rectangle PQRS has sides 2a, 2b. Show that PQRS has 4 times the area of ABCD. Does this mean that 4 copies of rectangle ABCD will fit into rectangle PQRS? Check and see! (ii) ΔABC has sides a, b, c and ΔPQR has sides 2a, 2b, 2c. Show that ΔPQR has 4 times the area of ΔABC. Does this mean that 4 copies of ΔABC will fit into ΔPQR? Check and see! (iii) ΔABC has sides a, b, c and ΔPQR has sides 3a, 3b, 3c. Show that ΔPQR has 9 times the area of ΔABC. Does this mean that 9 copies of ΔABC will fit into ΔPQR? Check and see!

Scaling linear dimensions by factor k increases area by k²: 2² = 4 and 3² = 9. Yes, in each case exactly 4 or 9 congruent copies tile and perfectly fit into the scaled figure without gaps.