triangle d gas been dilated to create d' determine the scale factor used

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To determine the scale factor used in a dilation of a triangle (or any geometric figure), you need the lengths of corresponding sides of the two triangles: the original triangle (triangle D) and the dilated triangle (triangle D').

The scale factor \( k \) can be found using the formula:

\[ k = \frac{\text{Length of a side of triangle D'}}{\text{Length of the corresponding side of triangle D}} \]

If you have the lengths of at least one side from triangle D and the corresponding side from triangle D', you can plug those values into the formula to calculate the scale factor.

If you provide the lengths of the sides, I can help you calculate the scale factor.