You are making a poster to support your friend for homecoming. Your original photo is 4 inches by 6 inches. You want the photo on the poster to be 5 feet by 7.5 feet. What is the scale factor of this dilation?

The answer is 9.

We have been given that dimensions of original photo are 4 inches by 6 inches. We want the photo on the poster to be of dimensions 3 feet by 4 1/2 feet.            

First of all we will convert dimensions of poster from feet to inches.

Now, let us compare sides of our original photo with corresponding sides of poster.

Now, let us compare the second pair of corresponding sides.

We have seen that sides of poster are 9 times the sides of our original photo, therefore, the scale factor of this dilation is 9.      

-3

step-by-step explanation:

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so i draw the horizontal line y=2 and the vertical line x=-2 at this intersection i put b (this is where my right angle is going to be).   so point b is at (-2,2).   point a is 5 units long and is also on y=2 so this point has to be (3,2) or (-7,2) -doesn't matter i will go with (3,2).

now we know c is at (-2,y) we don't know the y yet bet we know that c is on x=-2.

we have the area of the triangle is .5bh=12.5

we know the base length is 5 (ab)

we have the height is (2-y) if you look at your

plug in

.5(5)(2-y)=12.5

solve for y to get the y-coordinate for c

2.5(2-y)=12.5

divide both sides by 2.5 giving:

2-y=5

now subtract 2 on both sides

-y=3

y=-3