William W. answered 02/22/19
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If the scale factor is 2.5 then multiply the radius by 2.5. That means the radius of the bigger circle is 5 * 2.5 or 12.5
To find the circumference, use the circumference formula C = 2πr and plug in the radius to get C = 2*π*12.5 = 78.54 (rounded to two decimal places)