If you were to add the area of the smallest square and the medium square you will get the area of the biggest square or the hypotenuse.

When doubling the dimensions of Carlos, for perimeter, you only use the scale factor once, but for the area, you use the scale factor twice. The scale factor has to be two to double the dimensions. When tripling Carlos, the scale factor must be three, and you use the scale factor once for the perimeter to triple […]