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A dilation maps (9, 12) to (3, 4). Find the coordinates of the point (8, 4) under the same dilation

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Assuming the dilation is centered at the origin, the scale factor is 1/3.

This means the coordinates of the point (8,4) are
\boxed{\left((8)/(3), (4)/(3) \right)}

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