CEMC Cayley, 2006

Geometry Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

$\triangle ABC$ has side lengths $6$ , $8$ and $10$ , as shown. Each of the side lengths of $\triangle ABC$ is increased by $50\%$ , forming a new triangle, $\triangle DEF$ . The area of $\triangle DEF$ is

(A) $24$ (B) $48$ (C) $108$ (D) $12$ (E) $54$

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