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An art student uses dilations in all her art. She first plans the art piece on a coordinate grid. Determine the vertices of the image of the triangle with vertices A(1,1) B(2,4) and C(3,9) after a dilation with scale factor 1.5.

 

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 Feb 16, 2016
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An art student uses dilations in all her art. She first plans the art piece on a coordinate grid. Determine the vertices of the image of the triangle with vertices A(1,1) B(2,4) and C(3,9) after a dilation with scale factor 1.5.

 

I asume the center of enlargement is the centroid.

 

We have: A=(11)B=(24)C=(39)

The centroid of the triangle is: c=13(A+B+C)=(xa+xb+xc3ya+yb+yc3)=(1+2+331+4+93)=(2143)

1. Barycentric coordinates:

Ac=(121143)=(1113)Bc=(224143)=(023)Cc=(329143)=(1133)

 

2. Scale factor 1.5

(1113)1.5=(1.5112)(023)1.5=(01)(1133)1.5=(1.5132)

 

3. The vertices of the image +c

(1.5112)+(2143)=(0.556)(01)+(2143)=(2113)(1.5132)+(2143)=(3.5676)

 

The vertices of the image are A(0.5,56)B(2,113)C(3.5,676)

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 Feb 16, 2016

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