Relate scale drawings to area Polygon B is a scaled copy of Polygon A using a scale factor of 5. How many times as large is the area of Polygon B compared to the area Polygon A?
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When a polygon is scaled by a factor of \( k \), the area of the scaled polygon is \( k^2 \) times the area of the original polygon. Show more…
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