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Point Q is the center of dilation. Rectangle H I J K is dilated to create rectangle H prime I prime J prime K prime. The length of H prime I prime is 32 inches. The length of I prime J prime is 24 inches.
Sylvia enlarged a photo to make a 24 x 32 inch poster using the dilation DQ,4. What are the dimensions, in inches, of the original photo?

3 × 8
6 × 8
12 × 16
18 × 24

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Dilation DQ,4 means the poster is 4 times as large as the original. Divide each poster dimension by 4: 24/4 = 6 and 32/4 = 8. So the original photo was 6 × 8 inches.