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In the diagram, ABC and DBE are similar. What is the scale factor of the dilation that will map the preimage ΔABC onto the image ΔDBE?

In the diagram, ABC and DBE are similar. What is the scale factor of the dilation-example-1
User Kenny Peng
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the answer is 0.75 hope this helps i was stuck on this same problem

User Matthew Johnson
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we know that

in this problem

the scale factor is equal to


scale\ factor= (ED)/(AC)=(12.09)/(16.12)= 0.75

therefore

the answer is

the scale factor is equal to
0.75

User Mkaran
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