Question

Suppose one figure is mapped to a similar figure on the coordinate plane. The lengths of the sides of the similar figure are twice the lengths of the corresponding sides of the original figure. In a sequence of transformations from the preimage to the image, which type of transformation must occur?(1 point)
Responses

translation
translation

dilation
dilation

reflection
reflection

rotation

Answer 1

Dilation — a scale (centered dilation) with scale factor 2 is required because corresponding side lengths are twice as long.