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Applying Dilation and Scale Factor Facts
The distance from O to A is 3 and the distance from A to A prime is 3.

The diagram shows a dilation.

Which dilation does it represent?


What is the scale factor?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Because OA = 3 and AA' = 3, the distance from O to A' is OA' = OA + AA' = 3 + 3 = 6.
Thus the dilation sends A (distance 3 from O) to A' (distance 6 from O), so the scale factor k = 6/3 = 2.

Answer: dilation centered at O with scale factor 2 (an enlargement by 2).