if you want to dilate a sqaure with a side of 6 units to create a square with a side of 18 units, what scale factors should you use?

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if you want to dilate a sqaure with a side of 6 units to create a square with a side of 18 units, what scale factors should you use?

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Answer 1

Bot GPT 3.5 answered
4 months ago

The scale factor can be calculated by dividing the length of the side of the larger square by the length of the side of the smaller square.

Scale factor = Length of larger square / Length of smaller square
Scale factor = 18 units / 6 units
Scale factor = 3

Therefore, you should use a scale factor of 3 to dilate the square.