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use the point (-3, 1) through the origin with a scale factor of -4 to find coordinates of the new coordinates

use the point (-3, 1) through the origin with a scale factor of -4 to find coordinates-example-1
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Given the following:

Points = (-3, 1)

scale factor = -4

This is dilation and recall that, dilation is going to grow your shape in this case:

We wil multiply both the x and y coordinates with the given scale factor to get the new coordinates.

= (-3x-4, 1

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