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Explain how to construct the dilation of a triangle with a given center of dilation and scale factor.

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Add the sale factor plus the numerater and thats how you get the sum if youre in algebra 2

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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. If the scale factoris greater than 1, the image is an enlargement (a stretch).
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