Find the percentage increase in the area of a triangle if its each sid...
Percentage Increase in Area of a Triangle When its Each Side is Doubled
Explanation:
Let's assume that we have a triangle with sides a, b, and c. Its area can be calculated using Heron's formula:
A = √(s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c))
where s = (a+b+c)/2 is the semi-perimeter of the triangle.
Now, if we double each side of the triangle to get sides 2a, 2b, and 2c, the new semi-perimeter will be:
s' = (2a+2b+2c)/2 = a+b+c
Therefore, the new area of the triangle can be calculated using Heron's formula as:
A' = √(s'(s'-2a)(s'-2b)(s'-2c))
Expanding the terms inside the square root:
A' = √(s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)) × √((s+a)(s+b-c)(s+c-b)(s+a-b))
Dividing A' by A:
A'/A = √((s+a)(s+b-c)(s+c-b)(s+a-b))/√(s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c))
Now, using the fact that s = (a+b+c)/2 and s' = a+b+c, we can simplify the expression as:
A'/A = √(2a/2a) × √(2b/2b) × √(2c/2c) × √((a+b+c)(a+b-c)(a-b+c)(-a+b+c))/√((a+b+c)(-a+b+c)(a-b+c)(a+b-c))
Cancelling out the common terms:
A'/A = √2 × √((a+b+c)(a+b-c)(a-b+c)(-a+b+c))/√((a+b+c)(-a+b+c)(a-b+c)(a+b-c))
A'/A = √2 × √((a+b-c)(a-b+c)(b+c-a)(a+b+c))/√((a+b-c)(a-b+c)(b+c-a)(a+b+c))
A'/A = √2
Conclusion:
As we can see, the area of the triangle is doubled when each of its sides is doubled. Therefore, the percentage increase in the area of the triangle is:
Percentage Increase = (A'/A - 1) × 100%
Percentage Increase = (√2 - 1) × 100%
Percentage Increase ≈ 41.4%