If you dilate a rectangle with a width of 16 inches using a scale factor of four, what will be the width of the dilated rectangle?

A. 12 inches.
B. 20 inches
C. 4 inches
D. 64 inches.

1 answer

The width of the dilated rectangle is equal to the width of the original rectangle multiplied by the scale factor.

Therefore, the width of the dilated rectangle is 16 inches * 4 = 64 inches.

The correct answer is D. 64 inches.