Question

The vertices of a triangle are A(8,-24) b(8,-8) and c(16,-8). If the triangle was dilated by a scale factor of 1/4, what would the coordinates of A’ be?

Answer 1

Answer: A' (2,-6)

Explanation:

1. The problem gives you the coordinates of the vertex A, which is:

A(8,-24)

2. Then, to solve the problem and obtain the coordinates of of the vertex A', you must multiply the coordinates of the vertex A by the given scale factor 1/4, as you can see below:

8*1/4=8/4=2

-24*1/4=-24/4=-6

3. Therefore, the coordinates of of the vertex A' would be:

A'(2,-6)