Given a scale factor of , find the coordinates for the dilation of the triangle with vertices at (0, 0), (0, 2) and (4, 0).

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Given a scale factor of 1/2, find the coordinates for the dilation of the triangle with vertices at (0, 0), (0, 2) and (4, 0).
Does the scale factor refer to the area of the triangle, or the length of its sides ?
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