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What is the image of (6,-7) after a dilation by a scale factor of three centered at the origin 

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(18,-21) the scale factor is what you use to multiply both values hence the name scale factor. So whenever you encounter a scale factor in math just know that whatever you scale factor is is what you multiply against your coordinates. Hope I could help you in the long one my friend.
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