a rectangle mesuring 2'' by 3'' is scaled up to create an image with a scale factor of 3. what is the area of the image.
The new area will be [ scale factor]^2 times the old area
Old Area = 2 * 3 = 6 inches^2
New Area = 6 * [ 3 ]^2 = 6 * 9 = 54 inches^2