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Would a scale factor of -2 be considered an expansion or a contraction?
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Would a scale factor of -2 be considered an expansion or a contraction?

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scale factors of negative numbers are contractions

scale factors of numbers greater then 1 are expansions
scale factors of numbers greater then 0 but less then 1 are contractions
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