Question

The two figures above are similar. The area of triangle ABC is 25 square cm, and the area of triangle DEF is 36 square cm. Given that triangle DEF is a dilation of triangle ABC, find the scale factor.

A. 1.2
B. 1.44
C. 2
D. 2.07

Answer 1

I got B, is this correct?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

It should be B.
\[\frac{36 cm^{2}}{25 cm^{2}} = 1.44\]

Triangle DEF is 1.44 times bigger than Triangle ABC

Answer 4

thanks