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Rectangular prism B is the image of rectangular prism A after dilation by a scale factor of 5. If the volume of rectangular prism B is 5125 km^3, find the volume of rectangular prism A, the preimage. _km^3.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Volume scales by the cube of the dilation factor: scale factor = 5 → volume factor = 5^3 = 125.

So volume of A = 5125 ÷ 125 = 41 km^3.