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How can you model the effect of a dilation by a scale factor of 3 on the area of a two-dimensional shape?(1 point)

The area will be 9 times as great.

The area will be 6 times as great.

The area will be 112
times as great.

The area will be 3 times as great.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The area will be 9 times as great.

Reason: In a 2D dilation, areas scale by the square of the linear scale factor, so new area = 3^2 × original area = 9 × original area.