It takes 2 ounces of paint to completely cover all 6 sides of a rectangular prism box that holds 15 cups of sugar. Double the dimensions of the box. Approximately how much paint would the new box need? How much sugar would it hold?
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Problem 2
Student Task Statement
A solid with volume 12 cubic units is dilated by a scale factor of . Find the volume of the dilated solid for each given value of .
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Problem 3
Student Task Statement
A solid’s volume is 10 cubic inches. The solid is dilated by a scale factor of 3.5. Kiran says, “I calculated the volume of the image as 35 cubic inches, but I don’t think that’s right.”
A figure has an area of 4 square units. The equation represents the scale factor of by which the solid must be dilated to obtain an image with area square units. Select all points that are on the graph representing this equation.
Tyler is designing a banner that will welcome people to a festival. The design for the banner has an area of 1.5 square feet. The actual banner will be a dilation of the design by a factor of 5. What will the area of the actual banner be?
The horizontal cross-sections of this figure are dilations of the bottom rectangle using a point above the rectangle as a center and scale factors from to 1. Sketch an example of a cross-section that is created from using a scale factor of . Label the dimensions of the cross-section that you sketch.