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1 What is the image of (12,-8) after a dilation by a scale factor of 4 centered at the origin? 12.4) b 18-32) 13,-2)

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A dilation of a point by a factor of 4 means that its coordinates will be multiplied by 4, so the image of the point (x,y) after the dilation will be (4x,4y). With this in mind, let's solve the problem:


H\text{ = }(12\cdot4,-8\cdot4)=(48,-32)

The answer is (48,-32).

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