Parallelogram RSTU is constructed with line AB drawn through its center. If the parallelogram is dilated using a scale factor of 4 and a line is drawn through the center of the new dilated figure, what relationship will the new line have with line AB? Explain your reasoning using complete sentences.

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now the new parallelogram has sides that are 4 times as big as the old parallelogram

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multiplying by a scale factor also multiplies each linear dimension by the same scale factor

in other words, the new line A'B' is 4 times as large as the old line AB