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Finding an Error
Lara has a triangle that has side lengths of 26, 34, and 58. She wants to reduce the triangle by one half, so she divides each side and each angle measurement by 2.

What error did Lara make?
Lara should have multiplied each measurement by 1/2.
Lara should have only divided the angles by 2 in order to reduce the triangle.
Lara should have only divided the side lengths by 2 in order to reduce the triangle.
Lara did not make an error.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Lara should have only divided the side lengths by 2 in order to reduce the triangle.

Explanation: a dilation by 1/2 multiplies all lengths by 1/2 but leaves angle measures unchanged. Dividing the angles by 2 is incorrect.