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A polygon has an area of 8 square units. If the polygon was enlarged with a

zoom factor of 4, what's the bigger polygon's area? *

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Answer:

This will help you know what to do as an example

Explanation:

The scale factor is 1624=23.

PsmallPlarge=2(10)+2(16)=52 units=2(15)+2(24)=78 units

The ratio of the perimeters is 5278=23.

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