Triangle MNO is dilated by a scale factor of 7/8 to create triangle M'N'O'.
The area of triangle MNO is x square units.
What is the area in square units of triangle M'N'O'?
Responses
A
7/8x square units
B
(7/8)^2x square units
C
(1/8)^2x square units
D
8/7x square units
To find the area of a triangle, you need to square the scale factor. In this case, the scale factor is 7/8.
Since the scale factor is 7/8, the length of each side of triangle M'N'O' will be 7/8 times the length of the corresponding side of triangle MNO. Therefore, the area of triangle M'N'O' will be (7/8)^2 times the area of triangle MNO.
Therefore, the answer is:
B) (7/8)^2x square units.