If you dilate a rectangle with a width of 16 inches using a scale factor of 4, what will be the width of the dilated rectangle?(1 point)

Responses

4 inches

20 inches

64 inches

12 inches

1 answer

To find the width of the dilated rectangle, you can multiply the original width by the scale factor.

Given:

  • Original width = 16 inches
  • Scale factor = 4

The calculation is: \[ \text{Dilated Width} = \text{Original Width} \times \text{Scale Factor} \] \[ \text{Dilated Width} = 16 , \text{inches} \times 4 = 64 , \text{inches} \]

Therefore, the width of the dilated rectangle is 64 inches.