Triangle ABC was dilated using the rule DO,4. Triangle A'B'C' is the result of the dilation.

Point O is the center of dilation. Triangle A B C is dilated to create triangle A prime B prime C prime. The length of O B is three-fourths.

What is OB'?

1.5 units
3 units
4.5 units
6 units

1 answer

When performing a dilation, the lengths from the center of dilation to the vertices of the original triangle are multiplied by the scale factor. In this case, the scale factor is 4 (from the notation \( DO,4 \)).

Since you are given that the length of line segment \( OB \) is \( \frac{3}{4} \), you can find the length of line segment \( OB' \) as follows:

\[ OB' = \text{Scale factor} \times OB \]

Substituting the scale factor and the length of \( OB \):

\[ OB' = 4 \times \frac{3}{4} \]

Calculating this gives:

\[ OB' = 3 \text{ units} \]

Thus, the length of \( OB' \) is 3 units.