If you dilate a rectangle with a width of 16 inches using a scale factor of 4, what will be the width of the dilated rectangle?(1 point)
Responses
64 inches
64 inches
20 inches
20 inches
12 inches
12 inches
4 inches
The correct answer is:
64 inches
If you use a scale factor of 1/5 to create a circle with radius 18 cm, what is the radius of the original circle you dilated?(1 point)
Responses
3.6 cm
3.6 cm
90 cm
90 cm
9 m
9 m
180 cm
The correct answer is:
90 cm
Explain what relation a dilated figure has to its original.(1 point)
Responses
It is both congruent and similar.
It is both congruent and similar.
It is neither congruent nor similar.
It is neither congruent nor similar.
It is similar but not congruent.
It is similar but not congruent.
It is congruent but not similar.
The correct answer is: It is similar but not congruent.
When a figure is dilated, it undergoes a transformation that changes its size but does not change its shape. Therefore, the dilated figure is similar to the original figure. However, it is not congruent because congruence requires both the same shape and size.