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Rectangle with area of 12 square units is dilated by a scale factor of 3. What is the area?

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Answer:

36 units²

Explanation:

rectangle with area of 12 square units is dilated by a scale factor of 3. What is the area?

Scale factor = Dimension of the new shape ÷ Dimension of the original shape.

we use the inverse formula

12 * 3 =

36 units²

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check

36 : 12 = 3

the answer is good

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