Question

thursday 9/25 a rectangle has a length of 6 cm and a width of 4 cm. it is dilated with a scale factor of 1.5. what are the dimensions of the image?

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate new length

Multiply original length by scale - factor.
$6\times1.5 = 9$ (cm)

Step2: Calculate new width

Multiply original width by scale - factor.
$4\times1.5 = 6$ (cm)

Answer:

Length of the image is 9 cm and width is 6 cm.