A rectangle with an area of 4/7 m² is dilated by a factor of 7. What is the area of the dilated rectangle? Do not leave your answer as a fraction.
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The area is increased by a square of the scale factor Calculating the area we have: (4/7)*7^2 = (4/7)*49 (49/7)*4 = 7*4= 28 m^2 answer: the area of the dilated rectangle is 28 m ^ 2