Dilations Area and Perimeter

A rectangle is dilated by a scale factor of 3. What will be the resulting effect on the area?

• It will be dilated by scale factor of 3

• It will be dilated by a scale factor of 9

• There will be no effect on the area

• It will be dilated by 1/3

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A triangle has a perimeter of P units. The triangle is dilated by a scale factor of 2.

Which expression could represent the perimeter of the new shape?

• 2P units

• 4P units

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Jane's garden is a 2 ft x 3 ft rectangle. If she increases it by a scale factor of 3, what is the new area of her garden?

• 72 square feet

• 18 square feet

• 36 square feet

• 54 square feet

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A rectangle is dilated by a scale factor of 2.

What happens to the area?

• doubles

• triples

• quadruples

• not enough information

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A triangle has an area of 10 square centimeters. If each dimension of the triangle is dilated by a scale factor of 2 to create a new triangle, what is the area of the new triangle?

• 40 square centimeters

• 80 square centimeters

• 20 square centimeters

• 30 square centimeters

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A triangle has a perimeter of 10 centimeters. If each dimension of the triangle is dilated by a scale factor of 2 to create a new triangle, what is the perimeter of the new triangle?

• 40 centimeters

• 80 centimeters

• 20 centimeters

• 30 centimeters

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What is the scale factor used to dilate the small square to the larger square given there areas?

• 4

• 16

• 3

• 12

A triangle has vertices with coordinates (2,0), (3, -1) and (-2,-5). If the triangle is dilated by a scale factor of 3 with the origin as the center of dilation, what are the coordinates of the vertices of the image?

• (5,3), (6,2), (1,-2)

• (6,0), (9,-3), (-6,-15)

• (2/3,0), (1,-1/3), (-2/3,-5/3)

• (-1,-3), (0,-4), (-5,-8)

What is the scale factor if the triangle on the left is the original?

• 2

• 3/2

• 2/3

• 1/2

What is the scale factor if the smaller rectangle is the original rectangle?

• 4

• 25

• 5

• 6