Question

The figure below is dilated with the center of dilation at the origin and a scale factor of one third
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. What are the coordinates of the image of point W after this transformation? point w is at (3,-6)

Answer 1

Dilation with center at the origin and scale factor 1/3 multiplies each coordinate by 1/3.
W(3, −6) → W'(3·1/3, −6·1/3) = (1, −2).