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What is the image of (-4, -12) after a dilation by a scale factor of centered at the 1/4 origin?

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Answer:

(-1, -3)

Explanation:

Each coordinate is multiplied by the dilation factor when dilation is centered at the origin.

(1/4)(-4, -12) = (-1, -3) . . . . the image of the given point

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