Check whether the given dilation is an enlargement or a reduction and find the scale factor.
Answer to Problem 1CYU
The dilation is an enlargement and Scale factor is
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The given diagram is
Calculation:
The dilation is an enlargement because
From the diagram, for the original figure
The distance between the vertices at
For the image figure
The distance between the vertices at
Scale factor
Hence the dilation is an enlargement and Scale factor is
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