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Two side by side circles with the radius of the circle on the right 3 times the size of the radius of the circle on the left.

Tomaz draws a circle and dilates it on a photocopier using a scale factor of 3. If the original circle has a radius of 3 cm, what is the area of the dilated circle? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a square centimeter.

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The area of the dilated circle is approximately
square centimeters.

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The dilated radius = 3 × 3 cm = 9 cm.
Area = π(9)^2 = 81π ≈ 254.5 cm².

The area is approximately 254.5 square centimeters.