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Alcivious draws a square with a side that measures 5 cm. He dilates the square using a scale factor of 4. What is the ratio of the area of the dilated square to the area of the original square? Use a decimal response if necessary.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Scale factor 4 multiplies lengths by 4, so areas multiply by 4^2 = 16.

Original area = 5^2 = 25 cm^2. Dilated area = 20^2 = 400 cm^2. Ratio = 400 / 25 = 16.