Question

In a series of transformations, which transformation would make two figures similar as opposed to congruent?

answer choices
dilation
reflection
rotation
translation

Answer 1

A: Dilation

Reasoning:

Reflections, rotations, and translations by definition preserve congruence and collinearity between the pre-image and image. Dilations, on the other hand, produce similar figures, meaning their angles are congruent, thus they maintain the same shape, but their sides are proportional.

Answer 2

Dilation

Explanation:

all of the other choices keep the object the same size...they just move it...

dilation makes it bigger or smaller so that it is SIMILAR but not congruent