Question

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Answer 1

Do you know what dilation means?

Answer 2

make bigger?

Answer 3

I think you are right. But If I dilate it by 1/3, will it be bigger or smaller?

Answer 4

idk...

Answer 5

If I dilated something to twice the size, would it be bigger or smaller?

Answer 6

bigger

Answer 7

If I dilated something to a third the size would it be bigger or smaller?

Answer 8

Since 1/3 is the same as a third, If I dilate it by 1/3, will it be bigger or smaller?

Answer 9

i want to say bigger

Answer 10

Can you explain to me how something a third the size is bigger?

Answer 11

its not....nvm....i get that now lol

Answer 12

So they want you to make a similar shaped triangle, a third the size of the given triangle with the center of the triangle at (1. -2).

Answer 13

ok so do i make the the different points smaller by a third

Answer 14

actually not BY a third, but to a third...

if you made it smaller BY a third, the final image would be 2/3 the size of the original. Does that makes sense?

Answer 15

but how do i dilate it to a third

Answer 16

divided the delta calculations by 3....