Find the area of the dilated square.

Question

The square below is dilated by a scale factor of 2. Find the area of the dilated square. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.

18

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|_____| 18

Answer 1

Hi Roman J.

The area of a square is the length of one side squared since all the sides of a square are the same length.

Area of a square = s²

So just apply the formula above to your dilated square.

I hope this helps