Dilate a point by a fractional scale factor
Multiply both coordinates by the scale factor.
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Dilate the point (−2, −4) by a scale factor of 2 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
Answer: (-4, -8)
Dilate the point (−8, 8) by a scale factor of 0.5 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
Answer: (-4, 4)
Dilate the point (−6, 1) by a scale factor of 2 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
Answer: (-12, 2)
Tip: Multiply both coordinates by the scale factor.
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