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Whats the scale dilation

Whats the scale dilation-example-1

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Answer:

1/2

Explanation:

Given a figure showing dilation of LMNO to give L'M'NO', you want to know the scale factor.

Scale factor

The scale factor of a dilation is the ratio of dilated lengths to original lengths. We can choose any of the lengths in the figure to find the dilation scale factor.

scale factor = M'N/MN = 3/6

scale factor = 1/2

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