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Using the graph shown, answer this question: What is the scale factor used to dilate the figure?

Answer 1

ARI AND KITT LET ME POST THE QUESTION

Answer 2

ONE SEC

Answer 3

Using the graph shown, answer this question: What is the scale factor used to dilate the figure?

Answer 4

count the length of the sides for each rectangle

Answer 5

Okay. Let me count.

Answer 6

just one side?

Answer 7

yea, just make sure they're corresponding. like, the long side of the big one and long side of the small one

Answer 8

Okay.

Answer 9

let ari take over, I got nothing lol.

Answer 10

Will it be by 2's or ones?

Answer 11

it's by 1's

Answer 12

Okie, Kitt. I like ur picture too

Answer 13

always assume by 1's if it's not labeled

Answer 14

Okie, Ari

Answer 15

Can it be CB an CB'?

Answer 16

(' Means the dilation or second version of a figure.)

Answer 17

yea count them. then put cb/cb' and figure out the scale factor

Answer 18

Ok.

Answer 19

\[\frac{ CB }{ CB' } = \frac{ 9 }{ 2 }\]

Answer 20

?

Answer 21

So is the scale factor 4.5?

Answer 22

(I divided 9/2)

Answer 23

9/3

Answer 24

O

Answer 25

Okiee.

Answer 26

which would give us scale factor of 3

Answer 27

Ohhh. Okay. So answer = 3?

Answer 28

wait no. put cb'/cb which would be 1/3

Answer 29

1/3 is your answer, sorry

Answer 30

OH. OK. WHY WAS THE FIRST ONE WRONG?

Answer 31

because if we said the scale factor was 3, then cb' would be 3x the size of cb. but it's not. it's 1/3 the size.

Answer 32

Oh. Okay. Thanks!

Answer 33

[since its smaller it can't b 3 times the size right?]

Answer 34

TNX U

Answer 35

lol yes

Answer 36

:)

Answer 37

no problemo