HELP. A triangle is dilated by a scale factor of 2 and the area of the original figure is x units. What is the area of the new triangle?

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HELP. A triangle is dilated by a scale factor of 2 and the area of the original figure is x units.

What is
the area of the new triangle?

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Answer:

4x.

Explanation:

If the scale factor is 2 then the area factor is 2^2 = 4.

So the area of the new triangle is 4*x.

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