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A figure has an area of 100 units `2 what will the new area be after dilation with a scale factor of 2\5

A figure has an area of 100 units `2 what will the new area be after dilation with-example-1
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16 u²

1) If a figure has an area and it's been dilated of k= 2/5

2) Then we can sketch that situation, concerning to areas:

So, we can state this dilated figure is going to have an area of 16 u².

Hence, the answer is 16 u²

A figure has an area of 100 units `2 what will the new area be after dilation with-example-1
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