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Let A(8,3) be a point on rectangle ABCD. What are the coordinates of A' if the rectangle is dilated by a scale factor of 2/3?

 Mar 10, 2016

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So, Point A is (8,3) 

 

and the scale factor is 2/3, making it a reduction, or a smaller triangle, because the scale factor is less than 1, so you know that the coordinate is going to be plotted on a shorter scale

 

8 times by 2/3=5 1/3

 

3 times by 2/3=2 

 

(never divide while dilating, otherwise the numbers become way bigger)

 

the coprdinate for A' is (5 1/3, 2)

 Mar 10, 2016
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So, Point A is (8,3) 

 

and the scale factor is 2/3, making it a reduction, or a smaller triangle, because the scale factor is less than 1, so you know that the coordinate is going to be plotted on a shorter scale

 

8 times by 2/3=5 1/3

 

3 times by 2/3=2 

 

(never divide while dilating, otherwise the numbers become way bigger)

 

the coprdinate for A' is (5 1/3, 2)

TitaniumRome Mar 10, 2016

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