Blake drew square ABCD. Then, he drew the image of it, square A ' B ' C ' D', 2 centimeters to the right of the original figure. Line segment BC is 3 centimeters. How long is ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ B ' C'?

A.
1 cm

B.
3 cm

C.
5 cm

D.
6 cm

2 answers

since you don't say anything about scaling or dilation, all the sides of the image are the same as the original sides. ABCD is congruent to A'B'C'D'.

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