What is a dilation in geometry?
Dilations

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A transformation that produces a figure similar to the original but with a different size, using a scale factor.
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What is the scale factor in a dilation?
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A number that scales, or multiplies, the dimensions of a figure during a dilation.
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What does it mean to dilate a figure by a scale factor of 3?
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Each point of the figure is moved away from the center of dilation by a distance that is three times its original distance.
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What is the center of dilation?
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A fixed point in the plane about which all points are expanded or contracted during a dilation.
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If a figure is dilated by a scale factor of 1, what happens to the figure?
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The figure remains unchanged in size; it is congruent to the original.
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What mathematical operation is used with the scale factor in a dilation?
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Multiplication.
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How do you find the coordinates of a dilated point?
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Multiply the original coordinates by the scale factor.
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