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Angela drew Triangle ABC. She dilated Triangle ABC by a scale factor of 13 with the center of dilation at the origin. Then she translated the figure right 2 units and up 3 units to produce a final image of Triangle XYZ. What is true about Triangle ABC and XYZ?

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Angela drew Triangle ABC. She dilated Triangle ABC by a scale factor of 13 with the-example-1
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Answer:

Triangle ABC is similar but not congruent to Triangle XYZ

Explanation:

When you dilate the size changes but the angles are the same with makes them similar and since the size of the triangles are different they cannot be congruent.

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