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A rectangle with dimensions of 4 units by 5 units is enlarged by a scale factor of 1.2. By what percent does its area increase?

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The area of any shape after dilation is equal to the area of the original shape multiplied by the square of the scale factor:


A_{\text{new}}=k^2\cdot A_{\text{original}}

Where

A_new indicates the area of the shape after the dilation

A_original is the area of the original shape

k is the scale factor

The first step is to determine the area of the original shape and the new shape, using the formula:


A=w\cdot l

The original shape has dimensions 4 and 5, so its area is:


\begin{gathered} A_{\text{original}}=4\cdot5 \\ A_{\text{original}}=20 \end{gathered}

Next is to determine the area of the shape after the dilation (A_new)

The scale factor is k=1.2


\begin{gathered} A_{\text{new}}=k^2\cdot A_{\text{original}} \\ A_{\text{new}}=(1.2)^2\cdot20 \\ A_{\text{new}}=1.44\cdot20 \\ A_{\text{new}}=28.8 \end{gathered}

Now that we calculated both areas, we can determine the increase percentage.

- First, calculate the increase (I), which is the difference between the area of the new shape and the area of the original shape:


\begin{gathered} I=A_{\text{new}}-A_{\text{original}} \\ I=28.8-20 \\ I=8.8 \end{gathered}

-Second, divide the increase by the original area and multiply the result by 100


\begin{gathered} \frac{I}{A_{\text{original}}}\cdot100 \\ (8.8)/(20)\cdot100 \\ 0.44\cdot100=44 \end{gathered}

This means that the area increased 44% after the dilation

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