After triangle ace is dilated by a factor of 5, it has an area of 100 square inches. What was its area before dilation?

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Armani Tyler

Mathematics

15 January, 01:05

After triangle ace is dilated by a factor of 5, it has an area of 100 square inches. What was its area before dilation?

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Raegan Roberson · Answer 1

20in^2

Step-by-step explanation:

Since you multiply the original area of the triangle by the scale factor to get the new area, you can find the original area (before dilation) by dividing the dilated triangle's area by the scale factor. Since 100 is the area of the dilated triangle, and 5 is your scale factor, you do 100/5 to get the area of the triangle before it was dilated.