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Triangle JKL is pictured in the coordinate plane. Triangle JKL is dilated to create the new ordered pairs J’(1,0.5) K’(1.5, 2.5) L’(2.5,-0.5). What is the scale factor?

A) 2
B) 1/4
C) 1/2
D) 4

Triangle JKL is pictured in the coordinate plane. Triangle JKL is dilated to create-example-1

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Answer: 1/2
Explanation: if you take the point of J it’s (2,1) and to get to point J’(1,0.5) you would have to multiply a fraction to get a smaller point
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