Question

Reba is creating a series of rectangles, one inside the other. The length of the first rectangle, Rectangle A, is three inches. Reba dilates Rectangle A about its center by a scale factor of two to get Rectangle B. She repeats this process using the same scale factor till she gets a rectangle of length 96 inches.

How many dilations did Reba perform including the dilation of Rectangle A?

13

3

4

5

Answer 1

Some one please help../:

Answer 2

3 -> 6 - >24 -> 48 -> 96

Answer 3

so it's 5?

Answer 4

no 4
3 -> is 1 dilation - then 3 more

Answer 5

Ohh, thank you, that makes more sense.

Answer 6

yw