Dilate Line Segment

In the coordinate plane, segment PQ is the result of a dilation of segment XY by a scale factor of 1/2.

Which point is the center of dilation?

• ( -4, 0 )

• ( 0, -4 )

• ( 0, 4 )

• ( 4, 0 )

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

The segment AB is dilated to create the segment A'B'.

What are the coordinates of the center of the dilation?

• ( 5, 7 )

• ( 8, 1 )

• ( 0, 4 )

• ( -1, 4 )

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

If you were to dilate line AB using point C as the center of dilation, which of the below would best describe the newly created image? (You may assume that the scale factor is not 1.)

• A line segment

• A ray

• A line that is parallel to line AB

• A line that is in the same place as line AB

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2

The smaller triangle is transformed to create the larger triangle. Which of these is the scale factor of the dilation centered at the point (0, 0)?

• 4

• 2

• 1

• 1/2

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

If the triangle at the right were to be dilated using a scale factor of 1/2 , which is the only triangle below that could represent the transformed image?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

Does the image show a Dilation?

• Yes

• No

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CCSS.8.G.A.4

CCSS.HSG.SRT.A.2

Triangle ABC has vertices A (-2, 2), B (2, 4) and C (3, -1).  What are the coordinates of A' after a dilation by a scale factor of 2.5?

• (-5, 5)

• (5, -5)

• (5, 10)

• (7.5, -2.5)

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

If a line segment has a length of 12 units and after a dilation the image length is 4 units, what was the scale factor?

• 3

• 1/3

• 8

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

Dilate the figure by a scale factor of 3 with the origin as the center of dilation. What are the coordinates of the image?

• A'(9,9) B'(18,18) C'(27,9)

• A'(6,6) B'(9,9) C'(12,6)

• A'(0,0) B'(3,3) C'(6,0)

• A'(1,1) B'(2,2) C'(3,1)

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CCSS.8.G.A.3