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Line segment AB is dilated to create line segment A'B' using point Q as the center of dilation.

Point Q is the center of dilation. Line segment A B is dilated to create line segment A prime B prime. The length of Q A is 1.25 and the length of A A prime is 1.25.

What is the scale factor?

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1.25
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2.5

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
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Since QA' = QA + AA' = 1.25 + 1.25 = 2.5, the scale factor k = QA'/QA = 2.5/1.25 = 2.