A book is 6 inches wide and 9 inches tall. A publisher wants to use a scale factor of 1.5 to enlarge a book. What will the area of the front of the book be after the book is enlarged?

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A book is 6 inches wide and 9 inches tall.

A publisher wants to use a scale factor of 1.5 to enlarge a book. What will the area of the front of the book be after the book is enlarged?

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the answer would be 121.5 squar inches

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CigarDoug answered Oct 14, 2017

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6 inches enlarged by 1.5 = 9 inches
9 inches enlarged by 1.5 = 13.5 inches

area = 9 × 13.5
= 121.5 square inches

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