The coordinates for the endpoints of Segment AB are A (1, 3) and B (5, 0). Segment AB is dilated by a scale factor of 3 with the origin as the center of dilation to create Segment A′ B′ . Which of the following will be the slope of Segment A′ B′ ?

A. -3/4

B. 3/4

C. 4/3

D. Slope of Segment A'B' cannot be determined from the information provided.

Question

The coordinates for the endpoints of Segment AB are A (1, 3) and B (5, 0). Segment AB is dilated by a scale factor of 3 with the origin as the center of dilation to create Segment A′ B′ . Which of the following will be the slope of Segment A′ B′ ?

A. -3/4

B. 3/4

C. 4/3

D. Slope of Segment A'B' cannot be determined from the information provided.

mikewwe13 · Answer

@Vocaloid

mikewwe13 · Answer

@563blackghost

kittybasil · Answer

voca is still Do Not Disturb lol

kittybasil · Answer

Ok, although this question has been answered before, I'm gonna put this here for future reference Dilation is just shrinking, no movement/rotation of the object that is being dilated, so the slope should not change. Therefore you can calculate the slope from the endpoints of the original segment.