Devaughn is 8 years older than Sydney. The sum of their ages is 64. What is Sydney's age?
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Answer:
The scale factor is not 2
Step-by-step explanation:
Given
See attachment for the dilated triangles
Triangle ABC is dilated through center point O to form triangle A'B'C'.
From the attachment, we have:
i.e. the distance from the center point to C
and
i.e. the distance from the center point to C'
The length of OC' is calculated using:
The scale factor (k) is then calculated by dividing OC' by OC
Hence, Tiffany's claim is incorrect.
