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Answer:

It is, indeed, a reduction. But, the scale factor of the dilation should be a fraction instead of a whole number, since the shape has shrunk.

Instead of
(KN)/(K'N'), it should be
(K'N')/(KN). That would make it (4 - 2) / (8 - 4) = 2 / 4 = 1/2.

Hope this helps!

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