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Answer:</h3>
<u>It squares the amount you scaled it by.</u>
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Step-by-step explanation:</h3>
For example, imagine that you had 2 by 2 square, and then you put it through a scale factor of 2.
Now each side length would be double of what it once was.
But when you multiply the new lengths together, the area would be of 4 times more.
(Original Equation) 2 * 2 = 4
(Scale Factor of 2) 4 * 4 = 16
So when the scale factor is made, the area would be squared to the multiple that you scaled it by.
<em>***A square root is a number times itself.</em>
<em>(eg): 3 * 3 = </em><em>9</em>
<em> 15 * 15 = </em><em>225</em>
<em>9 and 225 would be the square root in these problems.</em>
