The following ordered pairs came from a function transformation. The original ordered pair is (4,9) and the transformation ordered pair is (2,9). Which of the following correctly identifies the value of k and describes whether the dilation is a horizontal compression or stretch?

Question

(1 point)
Responses

k = 0.5; stretch
k = 0.5; stretch

k = 0.5; compression
k = 0.5; compression

k = 2; compression

Answer 1

k = 0.5; compression