Question

A polygon has an area of 80 square units what scale factor would be required to dilate the polygon to five square units

Answer 1

The polygon has an area of 80 square units.

We need to find the scale factor to dilate it to 5 square units.

We need to that "The ratio of the area of one figure to the area of another, similar figure is equal to the square of the scale factor between the two figures"

Then: