Answer : 4 times
Here it's given that ,
- The height and base of the butterfly sitting on the stem (red butterfly) is two times greater than the height and base of the butterfly sitting on the flower .
And we need to find out how many times the area of red winged butterfly is greater than that of sitting on the flower (blue butterfly) .
Let us take ,
- base of blue butterfly be b
- height of blue butterfly be h
- Area be A .
Then ,
- base of red butterfly will be 2b .
- height of red butterfly will be 2h .
- Area be A' .
We know that ,
→ area of the triangle = 1/2 × base × height
So that ,
→ A/A' = (1/2 * b * h) ÷ (1/2 *2b *2h)
→ A/A' = bh/4bh
→ A/A' = 1/4
→ A' = 4A
Henceforth the area of blue butterfly is 4 times greater than that of red winged butterfly .
I hope this helps.
