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What are the coordinates of a point that maps to itself under a dilation centered at the origin?

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The coordinates of a point that maps to itself is (x, y)

How to determine the coordinates of a point that maps to itself

For a point to map to itself under a dilation centered at the origin, the scale factor must be 1.

This is because dilation simply enlarges or shrinks a figure by a certain factor, and a scale factor of 1 means that the figure is not enlarged or shrunk at all.

So, any point will remain in the same place under a dilation with a scale factor of 1.

Hence, the coordinates of a point that maps to itself is (x, y)

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