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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Polygon ABCD, shown in the figure, is dilated by a scale factor of 8 with the origin as the center of dilation, resulting in the image A′B′C′D′.The slope of C'D' is

OpenStudy (decarr432):

Please post said figure

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (decarr432):

What do you know about slope?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that it slopes from 4 to 2

OpenStudy (decarr432):

the slope is equal to rise over run

OpenStudy (decarr432):

this case slope is 2/1 or .5 how ever you want to put it

OpenStudy (decarr432):

but when you have a dilation of 8 it becomes?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

40?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

please help

OpenStudy (decarr432):

Slope doesn't change in a dilation my friend

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you

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