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What does dilation of a triangle mean?

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Answer: Dilation is a technique for creating similar figures. Each point is stretched outwards from the center point D by multiplying distances by the scale factor. (Outwards if the scale factor is bigger than 1.) Move the points A, B, and C to change the shape of the triangle.

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