A solid with surface area 8 square units is dilated by a scale factor of k to obtain a solid with surface area A square units. Find the value of k which leads to an image with each surface area.A. 512 square unitsB. 1/2 square unitC. 8 square units

Respuesta :

ANSWER :

The answers are :

A. k = 8

B. k = 1/4

C. k = 1

EXPLANATION :

Note that dilation of surface areas :

[tex]\begin{gathered} \sqrt{S_n}=k\sqrt{S_o} \\ k=\sqrt{\frac{S_n}{S_o}} \end{gathered}[/tex]

in which Sn is the new image

So is the original image

and k is the scale factor.

From the problem, we have So = 8 square units

A. Sn = 512 square units :

[tex]\begin{gathered} k=\sqrt{\frac{S_n}{S_o}} \\ k=\sqrt{\frac{512}{8}} \\ k=8 \end{gathered}[/tex]

B. Sn = 1/2 square unit

[tex]\begin{gathered} k=\sqrt{\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{8}} \\ k=\frac{1}{4} \end{gathered}[/tex]

C. Sn = 8 square units :

[tex]\begin{gathered} k=\sqrt{\frac{8}{8}} \\ k=1 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Otras preguntas