When you dilate by a scale factor of 1/2, what happens to the figure?

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It stays the same size and shape
It grows twice the size
It shrinks by half the size
It is no longer the same shape

1 answer

When you dilate a figure by a scale factor of \( \frac{1}{2} \), the figure shrinks to half its original size. The shape remains the same, only the size changes.

So the correct answer is: It shrinks by half the size.

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