Asked by Mathew Jameson
A rectangle measures 4 inches by 10 inches. It is dilated using a scale factor of 2.5. What is the area in square inches of the dilated rectangle?
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Scale factor 2.5 multiplies each side: new sides = 4·2.5 = 10 and 10·2.5 = 25. Area = 10·25 = 250 square inches.
(Or: area scales by 2.5^2 = 6.25, so 40·6.25 = 250.)
(Or: area scales by 2.5^2 = 6.25, so 40·6.25 = 250.)
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