Question

A figure has an area of 100 units `2 what will the new area be after dilation with a scale factor of 2\5

Answer 1

16 u²

1) If a figure has an area and it's been dilated of k= 2/5

2) Then we can sketch that situation, concerning to areas:

So, we can state this dilated figure is going to have an area of 16 u².

Hence, the answer is 16 u²