Question

The perimeter of a triangle is 30 units. If it is dilated with respect to origin by a scale factor of 0.5, what is the perimeter of the resulting triangle?

Answer 1

Choices: 30 units ; 20 units ; 15 units ; 7.5 units

Given:
perimeter = 30 units
scale factor = 0.5

30 units * 0.50 = 15 units

The perimeter of the resulting triangle is 15 units.