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Can a negative sign be used to describe a dilation?

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A dilation is a transformation that produces an image that is the same shape but a different size. A dilation that creates a larger image or shape is called enlargement a dilation that creates a smaller shape or image is called a reduction. Hope that helps x :)

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We must use absolute value because lengths should always be positive ( you cannot have a negative lengths or distance)

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