Similar triangles may or may not be congruent
The area of triangle DEF is 800 square cm
The given parameters is
[tex]\triangle ABC \sim \triangle D EF[/tex]
This means that the triangles are similar.
The corresponding sides of the triangles are:
[tex]AC = 6[/tex]
[tex]DF = 20[/tex]
So, the scale factor (k) from ABC to DEF is:
[tex]k = \frac{D EF}{ABC}[/tex]
[tex]k = \frac{20}{6}[/tex]
Simplify
[tex]k = \frac{10}{3}[/tex]
The area of triangle DEF is then calculated as follows:
Area = Area of triangle ABC * k^2
So, we have:
[tex]A =72 \times \frac{10}{3} \times \frac{10}{3}[/tex]
[tex]A = 800[/tex]
Hence, the area of triangle DEF is 800 square cm
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