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Square A is a dilation of Square B. What is the scale factor of the dilation? Write the answer as a simplified fraction.

Square A is a dilation of Square B. What is the scale factor of the dilation? Write-example-1
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\begin{gathered} l_A=kl_B,\text{ l\_A is the lenght of the square A, and l\_B is the lenght of the square B},\text{ k is the scale factor} \\ \\ (l_A)/(l_B)=k \\ \\ k=(35)/(28) \\ \\ k=(5)/(4)=1.25 \\ \\ \\ \text{ the }scale\text{ factor is 1.25} \end{gathered}

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