A square has a perimeter of 48 centimeters. The square is dilated by a factor of 1.5. what is the length of each side of the new square?

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LizZ
May 7, 2018

72 cm.

Explanation:

The perimeter is #48 cm.# Dilating something by a factor of #1.5# just means multiplying it by #1.5#. The new perimeter will be one and a half times the size of the old perimeter.
The old perimeter was #48 cm#. Half that is #24 cm.# #48+24=72 cm.#

or

#48 cm.(1.5)=72 cm.#

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