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State the coordinate of the image of the given point B (-10,-6) under a dilation with center at the origin with the given scale factor k = 1/2.

• (5,3)

• (20,12)

• (-20,-12)

• (-5,-3)

Under a dilation, which scale factor will result in a congruent image?

• -2

• 0

• 1

• ¹/₂

What scale factor was used to produce the image?

• 1

• 7

• 18

• 49

State the coordinates of the image of point C after a dilation with a scale factor of 1/2 and center point P.

• (-6, 1)

• (-3, -2)

• (1, -6)

• (-2, -3)

State the coordinates of the image of point B after a dilation with a scale factor of 2 and centered at point A.

• (-4,2)

• (-8,4)

• (-4,6)

• (-2,-2)

What are the coordinates for the center of dilation?

• (3, 0)

• (0, 0)

• (3, 1)

• (3, -2)

Triangle ABC is dilated to produce triangle A'B'C' with scale factor 3/4 . Which describes the relationship between the two triangles?

• Triangle A'B'C' is an enlargement of triangle ABC

• Triangle A'B'C' is a reduction of triangle ABC

• Triangle A'B'C' is a mirror image of triangle ABC

Which is true about the scale factor when a figure is enlarged?

• The scale factor is zero.

• The scale factor is 1.

• The scale factor is larger than 1.

• The scale factor is smaller than 1.

What does the scale factor do in a dilation?

• Tells you how much the image grows or shrinks

• Tells you what the center of dilation is

• There's not enough information here to answer this

• Nothing, it's unnecessary information

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)