whichWe define:
• A = original area = 100 sq units,
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• A' = dilated area.
If we dilate a trapezoid in a scale factor k, the area scales as:
Using the area A = 100 sq units, we have:
This formula gives as the scale factor k for witch we must dilate the trapezoid to have an area A'.
1) For A' = 6400 sq units, we have:
2) For A' = 100 sq units, we have:
3) For A' = 25 sq units, we have:
4) For A' = 900 sq units, we have:
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