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The length of JK¯¯¯¯¯ is 12 units. What is the length of the image of the line segment after a dilation with a scale factor of 2/5? Please help fast

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Multiply the scale factor with the length of segment JK

12*(2/5) = (12/1)*(2/5) = (12*2)/(1*5) = 24/5 = 4.8

So after applying the dilation, JK shrinks to 4.8 units
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Answer: 4.8 units


Explanation:

Given: The length of
\overline{JK} is 12 units.

we know that to find the length of the image of the line segment after a dilation with a scale factor of k, we multiply the length of line by k. we get

The length of the image of the line segment after a dilation with a scale factor of 2/5=
(2)/(5)*12=(24)/(5)=4.8 units

Hence, The length of the image of the line segment after a dilation with a scale factor of 2/5=4.8 units

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