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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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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).
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).
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