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Olivia goes to Egypt and saw a model of triangle shaped pyramid. She enlarging using a scale factor of 1.2. What will be the perimeter and area of the new triangle pyramid?

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If you are talking about the area and perimeter of one of the triangular faces...
8 x 1.2 = 9.6
6 x 1.2 = 7.2

Perimeter = 9.6 + 7.2 + 7.2 = 24
Area = Linear Scale Factor²
1.2² = 1.44
7 x 1.44 = 10.08 (units)²
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