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Please help me with this Math Question/Problem!! 20 POINTS!!

Consider this dilation.
(a) Is the image of the dilation a reduction or an enlargement of the original figure? Explain.
(b)What is the scale factor? Explain.

Please help me with this Math Question/Problem!! 20 POINTS!! Consider this dilation-example-1
User Rich Maes
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it is a reduction of the original because it became a smaller figure. The scale factor would be less than 1 because it is shrunken I would say the scale factor is 1/2
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