Dilations Centered at the Origin

The line whose equation is 3x – 5y = 4 is dilated by a scale factor of 5/3 centered at the origin. Which statement is correct?

• The image of the line has the same slope as the pre-image but a different y-intercept.

• The image of the line has the same y-intercept as the pre-image but a different slope.

• The image of the line has the same slope and the same y-intercept

  as the pre-image.

• The image of the line has a different slope and a different y-intercept from the pre-image.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2

The line 3y = -2x + 8 is transformed by a dilation centered at the origin. Which linear equation could be its image?

• 2x + 3y = 5

• 2x - 3y = 5

• 3x + 2y = 5

• 3x - 2y = 5

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2

Line segment A'B' whose endpoints are (4, -2) and (16, 14) is the image of AB after a dilation of 1/2 centered at the origin. What is the length of AB?

• 5

• 10

• 20

• 40

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

After a dilation with center (0, 0) the image of DB is D'B'. If DB = 4.5 and D'B' = 18, the scale factor of this dilation is

• 1/5

• 5

• 1/4

• 4

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

The line represented by the equation 4y = 3x+7 is transformed by a dilation centered at the origin. Which linear equation could represent its image?

• 3x - 4y = 9

• 3x + 4y = 9

• 4x - 3y = 9

• 4x + 3y = 9

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

A line that passes through the points whose coordinates are (1,1) and (5, 7) is dilated by a scale factor of 3 and centered at the origin. The image of the line

• is perpendicular to the original line

• is parallel to the original line

• passes through the origin

• is the original line

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

State the coordinate of the image of the given point B (-10,-6) under a dilation with center at the origin with the given scale factor k = 1/2.

• (5,3)

• (20,12)

• (-20,-12)

• (-5,-3)

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

State the coordinate of the image of the given point B (4,9) under a dilation with center at the origin with the given scale factor r = 2.

• (2,4.5)

• (-8,-18)

• (8,18)

• (9,4)

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

The red triangle has been dilated by a scale factor of 1/4 about the origin, which triangle is it's new image?

• green triangle 

• red triangle 

• black triangle

• none of these 

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CCSS.8.G.A.3

A dilation is which of the following: 

• only an enlargement

• only a reduction

• either an enlargement or a reduction

• neither an enlargement nor a reduction

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CCSS.8.G.A.3