Given:
The given statement is "A circle is dilated by a scale factor of 1.5 to create a new circle. The area of the new circle is 1.5 times the area of the original circle."
To find:
Whether the given statement in true or false.
Solution:
Area of circle is
[tex]A=\pi r^2[/tex]
Where, r is the radius of the circle.
Let [tex]r_1[/tex] be the radius of the original circle. So, the area of the circle is
[tex]A_1=\pi (r_1)^2[/tex]
The circle is dilated by a scale factor of 1.5 to create a new circle. So, the radius of the new circle is:
[tex]r_2=1.5r_1[/tex]
The area of the new circle is
[tex]A_2=\pi (r_2)^2[/tex]
[tex]A_2=\pi (1.5r_1)^2[/tex]
[tex]A_2=2.25\pi (r_1)^2[/tex]
[tex]A_2=2.25A_1[/tex]
The area of the new circle is 2.25 times the area of the original circle.
Therefore, the given statement is false.
