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True or false: If you apply a scale factor of 3 to the sides of a rectangle, then the area is 3 times larger.

True or false: If you apply a scale factor of 3 to the sides of a rectangle, then-example-1
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Answer:

False, the area will be 9 times larger

Explanation:

You are adding 3 to each dimension, and that extra 3 becomes 3 x 3 when finding area

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