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A triangle with a perimeter of 19 in is dilated with the scale factor of 2. what will be the perimeter of the image?

A triangle with a perimeter of 19 in is dilated with the scale factor of 2. what will-example-1
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If the scale factor is 2, then, the perimeter of the new triangle is twice the perimeter of the initial triangle.

Then, you have:

new perimeter = 2(19 in) = 38 in

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