When a figure is dilated, the resulting figure is always

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anonymous · Answer

is this a fill in the blank question?

anonymous · Answer

no there is answer choices @thewonderfuladele

anonymous · Answer

could you post them please?

anonymous · Answer

yes here they are....


 congruent

 similar

 enlarged

 reduced

anonymous · Answer

D

anonymous · Answer

reduced

ddcamp · Answer

^^^
NO

What would you say happens when you dilate something?

anonymous · Answer

enlarge

sleepyjess · Answer

@ElderKid ... if they dilate your eye, they make your pupil bigger

ddcamp · Answer

When you dilate something, you change the size. Depending on the scale of dilation, it could increase OR decrease inside. However, the angles and relative side lengths remain the same, so the end shape is always  similar.

anonymous · Answer

so it's enlarged cause that is what i think the answer is

anonymous · Answer

Similar is actually correct.

sleepyjess · Answer

lol

anonymous · Answer

how is it similar if you just said "Wait...breaking news! It gets bigger!!! xD" i'm confused

anonymous · Answer

because dilating by 7 it gets bigger but 1/7 it gets smaller.

anonymous · Answer

Dilation
A transformation in which a polygon is enlarged or reduced by a given factor around a given center point.

anonymous · Answer

So it would be similar.

anonymous · Answer

it could be enlarged or reduced

anonymous · Answer

the answer is congruent @ElderKid

ddcamp · Answer

No, congruent means that the side lengths don't change, but we know they could get bigger or smaller.

anonymous · Answer

Similar is right guys!!! Thats final!

anonymous · Answer

i will go with enlarged and see if that is correct and i will let you know

anonymous · Answer

Its not though );

anonymous · Answer

i meant reduce

anonymous · Answer

Go with similar

anonymous · Answer

@DDCamp 
@ElderKid
In geometry, two figures or objects are congruent if they have the same shape and size, or if one has the same shape and size as the mirror image of the other.
The answer is congruent

anonymous · Answer

fine congruent

anonymous · Answer

so is it congruent? @Wait...breaking news! It gets bigger!!! xD
 because elderkid seems confused himself too

anonymous · Answer

lol @shinebrightlikeadimon

anonymous · Answer

i will let you know the correct answer thank you for everyones help @corresponding parts @ElderKid @DDCamp @sleepyjess

sleepyjess · Answer

I can't wait to hear who's right! lol

anonymous · Answer

Im telling you guys its Congruent xD look at the definition i posted :P

anonymous · Answer

answer is similar!

anonymous · Answer

@shinebrightlikeadimon 

What course are you taking? The definition of congruent varies.

And how would it be similar if dilated mean to increase or shrink in size.

anonymous · Answer

http://www.mathopenref.com/dilate.html

ddcamp · Answer

The definition of congruent doesn't change. It means (basically) that the shape stays the same size and shape.

Similar just means that it remains the same shape, but can be any size.

anonymous · Answer

congruent:two figures or objects are congruent if they have the same shape and size, or if one has the same shape and size as the mirror image of the other

ddcamp · Answer

Yeah, but if you dilate an image, it has a different size, so they can't be congruent.

anonymous · Answer

The key word here is "always". A dilation is sometimes enlarged. A dilation is sometimes reduced. A dilation is always similar whether it is enlarge or reduced. I suppose if the dilation factor is 1 it would be congruent.