Question

Please help I'll give brainliest if you answer my question!!! Parallelogram RSTU is shown below with a line AB drawn through its center. If the parallelogram is dilated using a scale factor of 3 and a line is drawn through the center of the new dilated figure, what relationship will that line have with line AB in the drawing below? PLEASE EXPLAIN!!!!

Answer 1

Wont the two lines be parallel since you are not changing the orantation of the shape

Answer 2

The line will overlap line AB, but its segments will simply extend further.  

R -> R' = (-9,-3)

S -> S' = (6,3)

T -> T' = (9,3)

U -> U' = (6,-3)

AB -> A'B' = A'(-7.5, 0) and B'(7.5, 0)

Line AB and A'B' will both lie on the x axis.