Intro to Dilations

The "image" is the shape before the dilation.

• True

• False

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 A dilation can produce a larger figure also known as a ______

• reduction
• enlargement
• scale factor
• center of dilation

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Dilations only enlarge figures.

• True
• False

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A dilation can produce a smaller figure also known as a ______

• reduction
• enlargement
• scale factor
• center of dilation

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A scale factor of 1/2 reduces a figure.

• True
• False

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A dilation is which of the following: 

• only an enlargement
• only a reduction
• either an enlargement or a reduction
• neither an enlargement nor a reduction

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A dilation creates a similar figure, NOT a congruent figure.

• True

• False

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The ONLY time a dilation would produce a congruent figure is if the the scale factor equaled _____.

• 1/2

• 2

• 10

• 1

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Which of the following is NOT A RIGID TRANSFORMATION because it doesn't preserve size?

• translation

• rotation

• dilation

• reflection

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Is the new image an example of an enlargement, reduction, or none of the above?

• Enlargement

• Reduction

• None of the above

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