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A cube is dilated by a scale factor of 0.75 to create a new cube. The surface area of the new cube is…

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Answer:

9/16 of original cube area

Explanation:

surface area = 6 * side²

side length after 0.75 dilated: 3/4 of original side length

surface area after dilated : 6 * (3/4)² / 6 * 1² = 9/16

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