Asked by D4VD

Finding Side Lengths
Triangle A B C. The length of side A C is 10, B C is 6, and A B is 8. Triangle A prime B prime C prime. Side A prime C prime has a length of 5.

Triangle ABC is dilated to get triangle A'B'C'. Which is the length of A'B'?
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Scale factor k = A'C' / AC = 5 / 10 = 1/2.
So A'B' = k·AB = (1/2)·8 = 4.

Answer: 4.