You Plan on Constructing a Koch Snowflake by Starting with a Seed

question 4

Multiple Choice

You plan on constructing a Koch snowflake by starting with a seed triangle whose area is 7290 in². The table below gives the following information where R is the number of triangles added at a particular step, S is the area of each added triangle, and T is the total area of the newly created figure.
What is the area of each added triangle in Step 2 ?

• A) 45 in²
• B) 90 in²
• C) 105 in²
• D) 162 in²
• E) None of the above.

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