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Can someone explain what dilatation is in math?

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A dilation that creates a smaller image is called a reduction. A dilation stretches or shrinks the original figure. A description of a dilation includes the scale factor (or ratio) and the center of the dilation. The center of dilation is a fixed point in the plane.



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