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The triangle O'P'Q' is a dilation of the triangle OPQ. What is the scale factor of the dilation?

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The triangle O'P'Q' is a dilation of the triangle OPQ. What is the scale factor of-example-1
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Answer: the scale factor is 5

Explanation:

5 squares on the dilated shape and for the original shape it’s only 1 and the original shape is always going to be the denominator while the numerator is going to be the shape after it’s dilated so it’s 5/1 which equals 5


So THE ANSWER IS 5

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