Dilate a point by a whole-number scale factor
Multiply both coordinates by the scale factor.
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Dilate the point (6, −1) by a scale factor of 3 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
Answer: (18, -3)
Dilate the point (−5, 6) by a scale factor of 3 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
Answer: (-15, 18)
Dilate the point (4, −3) by a scale factor of 4 from the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
Answer: (16, -12)
Tip: Multiply both coordinates by the scale factor.
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