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Rectangle ABCD was dilated to create rectangle A'B'C'D.

Triangle A B C D is dilated to form triangle A prime B prime C prime D. Side B C is 3.8 units. Side A prime B prime is 15 units and side B prime C prime is 9.5 units.

What is AB?

6 units
7.6 units
9.5 units
12 units

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Scale factor k = B'C'/BC = 9.5 / 3.8 = 2.5.
Since A'B' = k·AB, AB = A'B' / k = 15 / 2.5 = 6.

Answer: 6 units.