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Geometry: what is the coordinate of V’ if quadrilateral U’V’W’X’ is created by dilating UVWX with a scale factor of 1.5 about the origin. Help me solve

Geometry: what is the coordinate of V’ if quadrilateral U’V’W’X’ is created by dilating-example-1

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The Solution:

Given the image in the Question section, we have that the original coordinate of V is:


V(-1,2)

We are asked to find the coordinates of V', which is created by dilating the coordinates of the original V with a factor of 1.5

To find the coordinate of the dilated V, we shall multiply the x-value and the y-value by 1.5


\begin{gathered} V^(\prime)(x,y)=V\lbrack(1.5*-1),(1.5*2)\rbrack=V^(\prime)(-1.5,3) \\ \text{ So,} \\ \text{ The required coordinates is: (-1.5,3)} \end{gathered}

Therefore, the correct answer is (-1.5,3)

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