Suppose triangle ABC is dilated with a scale factor of 2 to create triangle A′B′C′ . The measure of angle A is 40 degrees. True or false: The measure of angle A′ is 80 degrees.

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Suppose triangle  ABC  is dilated with a scale factor of 2 to create triangle  A′B′C′ . The measure of angle A is 40 degrees. True or false: The measure of angle  A′  is 80 degrees.
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GPT-4o mini · Answer

False. When a triangle is dilated, the measures of the angles do not change. Therefore, the measure of angle A′ will still be 40 degrees, not 80 degrees.