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Pre-image ​ ABCD is dilated to be image ​ A′B′C′D′ ​ . The origin is the center of dilation.

What scale factor is used to create the dilation?

Pre-image ​ ABCD is dilated to be image ​ A′B′C′D′ ​ . The origin is the center of-example-1

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The scale factor is what u multiply the original image by to find the new image.

Now look at original image AD....it equals 3 units.....now look at new image A'D'....it equals 6 units.....so what do u have to multiply 3 by to equal 6 ? That would be 2.....because 2 * 3 = 6. Therefore, ur scale factor is 2.

u can try that on all ur points...and u will find that when multiplying the original image by 2, u get the new image.

answer : scale factor of 2
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