Question

rectangle has area 80 square centimeters. the rectangle is dilated using A as a center and a scale factor of 1/2 what is the area of the image

Answer 1

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Answer:

20 square centimeters

Explanation:

The area of the dilated figure is the original area multiplied by the square of the dilation factor. The center of dilation is irrelevant.

dilated area = (1/2)² × original area

dilated area = 1/4 × 80 cm²

dilated area = 20 cm²