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OpenStudy (anonymous):

In the dilation shown above, the dark-colored figure represents the original image and the light-colored figure represents the resulting image. What is the scale factor for this dilation? 2 1 3 5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (ipwnbunnies):

This is basically saying how much bigger (or smaller) are the squares compared to each other? Is the big one 3 times as big, 5 times as big, etc.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so waht will it be 5 or 3?

OpenStudy (ipwnbunnies):

Hint: Picture the two squares rotated to figure out the side lengths.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its 3

OpenStudy (ipwnbunnies):

That would also be my answer.

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