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A scale factor of (2 or 0.5) was applied to the first triangle to get the resulting image.

This scale factor is (A reduction or increase).

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Answer:

The scale factor is Ā 

Is a reduction

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

The scale factor is the ratio of the corresponding side of resulting triangle by the corresponding side of the first triangle

Let

z-----> the scale factor

x------> the corresponding side of resulting triangle

y------> the corresponding side of the first triangle

so

In this problem we have

substitute

The scale factor is less than one

therefore

Is a reduction

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