Question

A rectangle is dilated using a scale factor of 6. The image is then dilated using a scale factor of 1/3. What scale factor could you use to dilate the original rectangle to get the final rectangle? Explain.

Answer 1

probably 1\3 try it..................

Answer 2

The scale factor that to use to dilate the original rectangle to get the final rectangle is 2.

Explanation:

We can determine the final scale factor F by multiplying the scale factor of dilating the original rectangle Fr by the scale factor of dilating the consecutive image Fi:

F= Fr*Fi = 6*1/3 = 2