A pre-image segment with endpoints (1, -3) and (2, 2) is dilated to the image segment with endpoints (2, -6) and (4, 4). What is the scale factor for the dilation?

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A pre-image segment with endpoints (1, -3) and (2, 2) is dilated to the image segment with endpoints (2, -6) and (4, 4). What is the scale factor for the dilation?

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The scale factor of the dilation is 2 because (1,-3) and (2,2) multiplied by 2 is (2,-6) and (4,4).

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