Similar Shapes Dilations

Is this an enlargement or reduction? (blue = original image)

• reduction

• enlargement

If point is at N(-1, 2) and point is at N'(-2, 4), what scale factor was point N multiplied by?

• 2

• 3

• 1/3

• 1/2

State the coordinate of the image of the given point B (4,9) under a dilation with center at the origin with the given scale factor of 2.

• B' (2 , 4.5)

• B' (-8 ,-18)

• B' (8 ,18)

• B' (9 ,4)

A triangle has vertices with coordinates (2,0), (3, -1) and (-2,-5). If the triangle is dilated by a scale factor of 3 with the origin as the center of dilation, what are the coordinates of the vertices of the image?

• (5,3), (6,2), (1,-2)

• (6,0), (9,-3), (-6,-15)

• (2/3,0), (1,-1/3), (-2/3,-5/3)

• (-1,-3), (0,-4), (-5,-8)

Triangle PQR is the image of triangle JKL after a dilation. Is the dilation an enlargement or a reduction? Explain.

• Enlargement, because the image is larger than the original figure.

• Enlargement, because the image is smaller than the original figure.

• Reduction, because the image is smaller than the original figure.

• Reduction, because the image is larger than the original figure.

Which shape transformation means to RESIZE?

• dilation

• translation

• rotation

• reflection

• FD
• DE
• BC
• FE

The green triangle is a dilation of the blue triangle. What type of dilation is this?

• Enlargement

• Reduction

What type of dilation is represented? Purple to orange

• Enlargement

• Reducton

What is the scale factor of this dilation?

• 2

• 4