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The square below is dilated by a scale factor of 2. Find the area of the dilated square. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.

Square is 18 each side

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
A dilation by factor 2 multiplies each side by 2, so the new side is 36. The area is 36^2 = 1296.

(Or: original area 18^2 = 324; area scale factor = 2^2 = 4, so 324·4 = 1296.)