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What are the coordinates of the triangle after a dilation with a scale factor of 1/2? Center it at (-3, 0) .

What are the coordinates of the triangle after a dilation with a scale factor of 1/2? Center-example-1
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On the graph, the distance from each point to the center of dilation is cut in half.

The vertices become ...
(-5,4) ⇒ (-4, 2)
(3, 8) ⇒ (0, 4)
(5, 4) ⇒ (1, 2)
What are the coordinates of the triangle after a dilation with a scale factor of 1/2? Center-example-1
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