Question

URGENT PLEASE HELP!!!
Find the measure of the dilated image of segment CD, 8 units long, with a scale factor of 1/4
A. -1/4 B. 2 C. 32 D. 1/4
Find the measure of the dilated image of segment CD, 2 units long, with a scale factor of -3
A. -2/3 B. 1 C. 2/3 D. 6

Answer 1

@jessica911
a) If the scale factor is positive, then the dilated segment has length (1/4)*8 = 2

b) If the scale factor is negative, the measure of the dilated segment is the absolute value of the scale factor times the length of the segment. So, [the absolute value of (-3)] * 2 = ?

Answer 2

6.

Answer 3

Yes.