A regular hexagon is dilated by a scale factor of frac{4}{3} to create a new hexagon. How does the perimeter of the new hexagon compare with the original perimeter?
Isa Trevino 2020-11-27Answered
A regular hexagon is dilated by a scale factor of to create a new hexagon. How does the perimeter of the new hexagon compare with the original perimeter?
When a figure is dilated by a scale factor of a/b, then the new perimeter is a/b of the original perimeter and the new area is of the original area.
Therefore, if the hexagon is dilated by a scale factor of , then the new perimeter is of the original perimeter.