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I have two similar triangles. The perimeter of the smaller triangle is 20. If a scale factor of 1 1/4 is used to dilate the triangle, what is the perimeter of the larger triangle?
12 years ago

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Jennifer
Each side will be multiplied by 1.25, so the total perimeter will be multiplied by 1.25

20*1.25 =
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