The length of AB¯¯¯¯¯ is 5 units. What is the length of the image of the line segment after a dilation with a scale factor of 52?

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Nithin K.
Dec 7, 2017

260 units

Explanation:

A dilation with a scale factor is nothing but an increase in the size of a geometric figure by a certain value. In this circumstance, line AB is 5 units long. Being a line, line AB has no width, so it only increases in length. If you want to find the new length, it's simple. All that's necessary is multiply the original length by the scale factor.
#5*52=260#
The solution is 260 units

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