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Select the correct answer.Rectangle is dilated by a scale factor of 3 with the origin as the center of dilation, resulting in the image . If the slope of is , what is the slope of ?

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Hello there. To solve this question, we'll have to remember some properties about finding slopes of lines and dilations.

Given that the rectangle KLMN is dilated by a scale factor of 3 with the origin being the center of the dilation, resulting in the image K'L'M'N', we need to find the slope of K'L' knowing the slope of KL is -3.

We start by drawing the situation:

Just as an example. The rectangle many not pass through the same points, but the center is at the origin, which means it intersects the x and y axis at symmetric points.

Now, remember a dilation is a transformation that stretches every side at once, or in other words, re-scales the entire figure by a factor.

Since this factor is 3, we would have something like the following:

Select the correct answer.Rectangle is dilated by a scale factor of 3 with the origin-example-1
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