Parallelogram AB'C'D' was obtained by dilating parallelogram ABCD using A as the center of dilation. a. What was the scale factor of B' the dilation? b. How many congruent copies of ABCD can we fit inside AB'C'D'? c. How does the area of D' parallelogram AB'C'D' compare to parallelogram ABCD?

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Parallelogram AB'C'D' was obtained by dilating parallelogram ABCD using A
as the center of dilation.
a. What was the scale factor of
B'
the dilation?
b. How many congruent copies
of ABCD can we fit inside
AB'C'D'?
C. How does the area of
D'
parallelogram AB'C'D' compare
to parallelogram ABCD?
d. If parallelogram ABCD has area 12 square units, what is the area of
parallelogram AB'C'D'?
Transcribed Image Text:Parallelogram AB'C'D' was obtained by dilating parallelogram ABCD using A as the center of dilation. a. What was the scale factor of B' the dilation? b. How many congruent copies of ABCD can we fit inside AB'C'D'? C. How does the area of D' parallelogram AB'C'D' compare to parallelogram ABCD? d. If parallelogram ABCD has area 12 square units, what is the area of parallelogram AB'C'D'?
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