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⚠️⚠️How do you solve a dilation?⚠️⚠️

I missed the day it was taught and now I’m confused

Here’s a math problem you can use as an example in the image above
also just in case: I know I can ask my teacher for help and they kinda did but I’m still lost

⚠️⚠️How do you solve a dilation?⚠️⚠️ I missed the day it was taught and now I’m confused-example-1
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To do a dilation, you multiply the original coordinates. So if one of the coordinates in a triangle is (2,1) and you must dilate it by 2 you multiply the coordinates to get (4,2).
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