Line AB is on the coordinate plane and does not pass through the origin. Line AB is dilated with a scale factor of 3 and a center of dilation at the origin to create line A,B. Describe the effect of the dilation on line AB.
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The effect of the dilation on line AB is that it will be stretched or "enlarged" by a factor of 3 from the origin. This means that every point on line AB will be moved three times farther away from the origin along line A,B compared to its original distance. The line will retain its direction and shape, but will be three times longer.