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In the coordinate plane, the length of YZ is 12 units. YZ was dilated by a scale factor of 0.2 centered at the origin to create Y'Z'.What is the length of Y'Z'?Write your answer as a whole number or decimal. Do not round.

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In the coordinate plane, the length of YZ is 12 units. YZ was dilated by a scale factor of 0.2 centered at the origin to create Y'Z'.What is the length of Y'Z'?Write your answer as a whole number or decimal. Do not round.

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Solution

The length of Y'Z' can be found by multiplying the original length of YZ by the scale factor.

So, Y'Z' = YZ * scale factor

Here, YZ = 12 units and the scale factor = 0.2

Therefore, Y'Z' = 12 * 0.2 = 2.4 units.

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