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Do the ratios have to have the same scale factor to be a dilation? My friend says yes, or else the scale factor would be useless. I on the other hand say no because it's still a dilation as it's an reduction. Here's the instructions: "For Exercises 5-8, t...

Also does my explanation sound plausible? I answered reduction and my reasoning was "because the scale factor of each coordinate[/ratio] is less than 1 and more than 0 (decimal)".

I guess you didn't see my second post before answering. But then, I did say in my first post, " I on the other hand say no because it's still a dilation as it's an reduction." Sorry for late reply because I had to catch the bus (I was using the library's...

Where are my manners? I forgot to say thank you for answering my question.

I guess I'll just get answers from an answer key.