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Quadrilaterals Q and Pare similar.What is the scale factor of the dilation thattakes P to Q?

Quadrilaterals Q and Pare similar.What is the scale factor of the dilation thattakes-example-1
User Davetapley
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Answer:

0.5

Explanation:

User Richard Andrew Lee
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To get the dilatation factor, you just need to calculate the ratio between the respective sides of Q and P.


(2.5)/(2)=(5)/(4)

And this is the dilatation factor.

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