Claim: The measures of
and
are equal
Answer: True
Explanation: Dilations preserve the shape of an image, so this means the angles are kept the same whether you shrink or enlarge the preimage.
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Claim: The coordinates of A and A' are the same
Answer: True
Explanation: The phrasing "dilating about point A" means that point A is the center of the universe, so to speak, in terms of this dilation operation. Point A is the fixed point that does not move while every other point does move. Because the scale factor is 2/3, which is less than 1, this means every other point comes closer to point A. So something like segment AB will get shorter.
I drew a picture!!
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Maybe you didn't.
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I like to picture things though.
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Ok, a rectangle cut in half.
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Ok, by definition of "half," just multiply the number of rectangles by 2.
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1 x 2 = 2 after cutting the brownies in half.
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2 x 2 = 4 after cutting it in half again.
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4 rectangles now!!
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Doing it the other way... pretend you are starting over from scratch.
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A new batch of brownies!
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But still pay attention to what you already cut.
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Cut down the middle the other direction.
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What's 4 x 2?
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8.
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Now, finally, we multiply the half of the half brownies.
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What's 8 x 2?
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16.
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16 slices.
Yes. Because 150x13=1950. then 1950+60=2610. so yes they met their goal
In 5 years, the ratio of their ages will be 5:1, so the difference in their ages will be 4 ratio units. Those 4 units correspond to 32 years, so each unit corresponds to 32/4 = 8 years.
Thus, in 5 years, Kate will be 8 and her father will be 40. Right now, Kate is ...
... 8 - 5 = 3 years old.
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<em>Using equations</em>
Let k represent Kate's current age. Then in 5 years Kate will be k+5, and we will have ...
... 5(k+5) = (k+5)+32 . . the relationship betewen their ages in 5 years
... 5k +25 = k +37 . . . . eliminate parentheses
... 4k = 12 . . . . . . . . . . . add -25-k
... k = 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . divide by 4
Kate is 3 years old.