Question

A rectangle with vertices located at (1, 2), (1, 5), (3, 5), and (3, 2) is stretched horizontally by a factor of 3 with respect to the y-axis. What is the area of the image that is produced?

Answer 1

Answer: 18 square units

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

18 square units.

Multiplying the x-value of each point by the scale factor gives the area.