Question

THE RECTANGLE BELOW IS DILATED BY A SCALE FACTOR OF 3.6 TO CREATE A NEW RECTANGLE. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COILD BE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE NEW RECTANGLE? A: 14.4 CM x 5.4 B: 5.4 cm x C: 7.2 cm x 1.8 cm D: 14.4 cm x 7.2 cm.

Answer 1

ANSWER:

A: 14.4 CM x 5.4

STEP-BY-STEP EXPLANATION:

We must multiply the value of the scale factor by the original measures of the rectangle, like this:

$\begin{gathered} AB=3.6\cdot1\frac{1}{2}=5.4 \\ BC=3.6\cdot4=14.4 \end{gathered}$