Question

Describe the dilation of a triangle with a scale factor of 4

Answer 1

When a triangle is dilated with a scale factor of 4, each side of the original triangle is multiplied by 4 to create a new, larger triangle. This means that all angles in the new triangle are the same as in the original triangle, but the sides are now 4 times longer. The new triangle is essentially a replica of the original triangle, just enlarged by a factor of 4. The vertices of the original triangle will be stretched or shrunk away from or towards the center of dilation by a factor of 4. The new triangle will be symmetrical to the original triangle and will have the same shape, but will be four times larger.