The length and width of a rectangle are 7 cm and (x-8) cm respectively. Find the value of x if the area with of the rectangle is
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It is, indeed, a reduction. But, the scale factor of the dilation should be a fraction instead of a whole number, since the shape has shrunk.
Instead of , it should be
. That would make it (4 - 2) / (8 - 4) = 2 / 4 = 1/2.
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