Asked by winnie

A triangular prism has a surface area of 486 in.2
. If it were dilated using a scale factor of 13
, what would the new surface area be?(1 point)
Responses

18 in.2
18 in. squared

162 in.2
162 in. squared

1,458 in.2
1,458 in. squared

54 in.2

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Answer: 54 in.^2.

Reason: Surface area scales by the square of the linear scale factor. With scale factor 1/3, new area = 486 × (1/3)^2 = 486 × 1/9 = 54 in.^2.