Square RSTU is shown below with a line AB drawn through its center. If the square is dilated using a scale factor of one over four and a line is drawn through the center of the new dilated figure, what relationship will that line have with line AB in the drawing below?
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Square RSTU is shown below with a line AB drawn through its center. If the square is dilated using a scale factor of one over four and a line is drawn through the center of the new dilated figure, what relationship will that line have with line AB in the drawing below?
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anonymous · Answer

are there choices or it is free-response question?

leahhhmorgannn · Answer

Short response, technically. No choices.

anonymous · Answer

i think that line A'B' (new line) will be parallel to AB.

leahhhmorgannn · Answer

I figured that too from previous questions of the same nature.
Would you also agree that dilating by the factor of 1/4 would increase the area of the square? I thought it would decrease, but someone else said increase...

anonymous · Answer

decrease. How can it increase?! But the area will be (1/4)^2 times smaller, becasue each side decreases in 4 times

leahhhmorgannn · Answer

Okay. I thought an increase sounded wrong lol
Thanks for you continued help tonight.

leahhhmorgannn · Answer

*your

anonymous · Answer

np :)