the coordinates of the vertices of a polygon are (2,4) (6,4) (6,0) and (2,0). The polygon is dilated with a scale factor of 3/2

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aliya0001 [1]

3 years ago

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the coordinates of the vertices of a polygon are (2,4) (6,4) (6,0) and (2,0). The polygon is dilated with a scale factor of 3/2

and center (0,0). Explain how you can find the coordinates of the vertices.

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svlad2 [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-05T18:56:58+03:00

svlad2 [7]3 years ago

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Take the first point (2, 4) a scale factor of 3/2 will move the x coordinate 2 to 2*3/2 = 3 and the y coordinate 4 will be moved to 4*3/2 = 6.
So the image of ( 2, 4) will be ( 3, 6) TH other verices will move in the same fashion.