Asked by kj

Line segment AB was dilated to create line segment A'B' using the dilation rule DQ,0.15.

Point Q is the center of dilation. Line segment A B is dilated to create smaller line segment A prime B prime. The length of Q A prime is 2.4. The length of A prime A is x.

What is x, the distance between points A and A'?

2.4 units
4.8 units
13.6 units
14.4 units

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Scale factor k = 0.15 gives QA' = k·QA. So QA = 2.4 / 0.15 = 16. The distance AA' = QA - QA' = 16 - 2.4 = 13.6 units.

Answer: 13.6 units.