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To find: The scale factor of the dilation.
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Answer to Problem 16PT
The scale factor is
Explanation of Solution
Given information: The given information is:
Calculation:
The scale factor is the ratio of a length on the image to a corresponding length on the preimage.
An enlargement is dilation with
A reduction is dilation with
The distance between the vertices
The distance between the vertices
The scale factor is
Therefore, the scale factor is
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