HELP! One question
How you determine the scale factor of dilation?

Question

HELP! One question 
How you determine the scale factor of dilation?

anonymous · Answer

http://www.mathwarehouse.com/transformations/dilations/dilations-in-math.php

anonymous · Answer

I think you calculate the area and compare I am not quite sure.You should read that ^^^

anonymous · Answer

example
The original rectangle equals 3 and the enlargement equals 9. what is the scale factor and how did you get it?

answer
You must divide the new enlargement by the old enlargement. So that means you do 9/3=3. So your scale factor is 3.

specek18 · Answer

Understand that a dilation takes a line not passing through the center to a parallel line. ...
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