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a rectangle with a base of 6 and height of 4 has been scaled with a scale factor of 3. what is the area of the scaled copy?

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We have a rectangle of base 6 and height 4. We have a rectangle like this:

Now, we have a scale factor of 3. We need to multiply each side by 3:

Now the rectangle has a height of 12 and a base of 18.

The area of a rectangle is h*b. Then, the area of the scaled copy is:

[tex]A=12\cdot18\Rightarrow A=216[/tex]

Therefore, the scaled copy has an area of 216 square units.

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