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Find the image of each polygon with the given vertices after a dilation centered at the origin with the given scale factor. J(2, 4), K(4, 4), P(3, 2); k = 2

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Applying a dilation centered at the origin with scale factor
k has the effect of multiplying both coordinates of a point by
k:


(x,y)\mapsto (kx,ky)

So, in your case, the coordinates of the points double:


J'=(4,8),\quad K'=(8,8),\quad P'=(6,4)

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