3 years ago

If a figure is dilated by a scale factor less than one, does the shape get larger or smaller?

Mathematics

2 answers:

malfutka [58]3 years ago

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I think that it gets smaller. (not entirely sure)

lesya692 [45]3 years ago

3 0

If a figure is dilated by a scale factor less than one, the shape gets SMALLER.

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But if the figure is dilated by a scale factor more than one, the shape gets bigger

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