When line AB is dilated with a scale factor of three and a center of dilation at the origin to create line A’B’, the new line A’B’ will be three times longer than line AB. Additionally, A’B’ will be parallel to AB since the dilation preserves the direction of the line.
If line AB was dilated with a scale factor of 1/3, the new line A’B’ would be one third the length of line AB. Again, the new line would be parallel to the original line since the direction of the line is preserved during dilation.
Line a B is on the coordinate plane and does not pass through the origin. Line AB is dilated with the scale factor of three and a center of dilation at the origin to create line A’B’. Describe the effects of the dilation on line AB. If AB was dilated with a scale factor of 1/3, how would your answer change?
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