A square has a side length of 18 feet. This square is dilated by a scale factor of 12 to create a new square. What is the side length of the new square?

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Serena D.
Mar 22, 2018

Dilate something by multiplying the length by its scale/dilation factor (in this case, 12). The answer is 216.

Explanation:

#18*12=216 rarr# The side length is dilated by a scale factor of 12 (multiplied by 12)

Dilate means to make something larger/smaller (a transformation)

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