Question

How do you determine the scale factor of dilation?

Answer 1

scale factor = ordinate of any point on dilated graph/ordinate of that point on the previous graph

Answer 2

its useful to find the center of dilation of its on a graph

otherwsie you determine what you multiply one measure by to get the other.

Answer 3

line of length 2 scaled to a line of length 7

for some scale factor k,

2k = 7

Answer 4

I really don't understand geomtry

Answer 5

geometry is pictures for the most part ...

Answer 6

I understand this topic now though! thank you @amistre64 and @sourav_aich

Answer 7

good luck