A 5cm long and 3cm wide rectangle is enlarged by 3:1. What's the area of the figure? Attention, it's the scale! Use proportion to solve it!

A 5cm long and 3cm wide rectangle is enlarged by 3:1. What's the area of the figure? Attention, it's the scale! Use proportion to solve it!

After magnification, the length is x, the width is y,
X:5=3:1,X=15㎝
Y:3=3:1,Y=9㎝,
Enlarged area:
15 × 9 = 135 square centimeter