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16 May, 06:20

A figure is dilated by a factor of 2. What happens to the perimeter of the figure? show your work

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  1. 16 May, 06:49
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    The perimeter is doubled.

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Let's pretend we have a triangle with side measurements p, q, and r.

    The perimeter will be the sum of the side measurements of this triangle which is p+q+r.

    If we decide to dilate the figure by a factor of 2, then we are multiply each side by 2. So the perimeter of the new triangle becomes 2p+2q+2r.

    Factoring this gives us 2 (p+q+r). The perimeter has doubled.

    The same thing would happen if we look at a quadrilateral. There would be 4 measurements multiplied by 2 and you would factor out the 2 giving you 2 (old perimeter) for the new perimeter of the dilated shape.
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