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Which diagram shows a dilation?

Which diagram shows a dilation?-example-1

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In mathematics, a dilation is a function f from a metric space M into itself that satisfies the identity d=rd for all points x, y \in M, where d is the distance from x to y and r is some positive real number. In Euclidean space, such a dilation is a similarity of the space for example

Which diagram shows a dilation?-example-1
Which diagram shows a dilation?-example-2
User Zack Peterson
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Answer:

B.

Explanation:

A dilation is a type of transformation that changes the size of the image. The scale factor, sometimes called the scalar factor, measures how much larger or smaller the image is.

A. They are the same size and shape and flipped on the x-axis
B. One is smaller and one is bigger
C. They are the same size and shape just rotated and flipped on the y-axis
D. They are the same shape just located on different points.

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