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Apply a dilation by two with respect to the origin to the point (1,4). What is its image point?

User Igor Gonak
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In order to apply the dilation, just multiply by 2 each coordinate of the given point (1,4):

(1 , 4) => (1x2 , 4x2) = (2 , 8)

Hence, the image point is (2,8)

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