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A scale drawing is made to enlarge a picture by using a scale factor of 3. The enlarged picture is 9 inches by 15 inches. What are the dimensions of the original picture?

3 inches by 5 inches
3 inches by 15 inches
6 inches by 12 inches
27 inches by 45 inches

User Forkadam
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Answer:

A or 3 inches by 5 inches inches bc it can't be the other ones.

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User Eunji
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3 by 5 inches due to how it was enlarge by 3 so you multiply by reciprocal or divide the enlarged by 3
3 by 5