Question

In order to build a scale model of the trail, the drawing is enlarged on the coordinate plane. If two corners of the trail are at point A (-2, 7) and point D (-10, -1), what is another point that could represent a corner of the trail?

Answer 1

@mathslover do you think you can help?

Answer 2

assuming the trail model is contained within a rectangle?

Answer 3

The model is actually a triangle lol. Ill post a pic!

Answer 4

k

Answer 5

This is it

Answer 6

ok can you figure out the scale factor?

Answer 7

@breariley1

Answer 8

No.. Can you tell me how to do that? Im sorry i am terrible at geometry!

Answer 9

start at point D and move up unit by unit, and count the number of units it takes to get on the same y coordinate (which is the same horizontal line) with point A

Answer 10

let me know what number you get

Answer 11

I got 10....

Answer 12

close but its 8, you can also take the absolute value difference of the y coordinates, -1 -7 = -8, absolute value of -8 is 8, OR going the other way, 7 - (-1) = 7+1 = 8

Answer 13

ok now do the same thing with the smaller paralellogram, start at point i and go up until same y coordinate as point F

Answer 14

Where did the numbers 1&7 come from though ?

Answer 15

the y coordinates of the 2 points

Answer 16

points A and D

Answer 17

The coordinates are -2 and 4... So

Answer 18

the y coordinate of point A is 7 and the y coordinate of point D is -1

Answer 19

2 and 2?

Answer 20

what does 2 and 2 refer to?

Answer 21

Points i and f

Answer 22

ok lets start over, ignore what i said up top because that was if it was a rectangle, but its not

Answer 23

Okay haha!