Ross draws a triangle with side lengths of 6, 6, and 5 cm. Suppose he plans to draw the same triangle dilated with a scale factor of 4. What is the perimeter of the dilated triangle?(1 point)

Responses

17 cm
17 cm

8.5 cm
8.5 cm

68 cm
68 cm

34 cm
34 cm

1 answer

To find the perimeter of the dilated triangle, we first need to calculate the perimeter of the original triangle with side lengths of 6 cm, 6 cm, and 5 cm.

  1. Calculate the perimeter of the original triangle: \[ \text{Perimeter} = 6 + 6 + 5 = 17 \text{ cm} \]

  2. When the triangle is dilated with a scale factor of 4, each side length is multiplied by the scale factor: \[ \text{New side lengths} = 4 \times 6 = 24 \text{ cm}, \quad 4 \times 6 = 24 \text{ cm}, \quad 4 \times 5 = 20 \text{ cm} \]

  3. Calculate the perimeter of the dilated triangle: \[ \text{Perimeter of dilated triangle} = 24 + 24 + 20 = 68 \text{ cm} \]

Therefore, the perimeter of the dilated triangle is 68 cm.