Dilations Exploration
- Author:
- Shane Canale
Drag point O to change the center of the dilation. Drag points A, B, or C to change the pre-image. To change the dilation factor, enter a number between 0 and 5 and hit enter.
1) How does moving the point O change A’B’C’?
2) If AB = 10 and the scale factor is 2, how long will A’B’ be?
3) If AB = 3 and the scale factor is 2, how long will A’B’ be?
4) If AB = 3 and the scale factor is 0.5, how long will A’B’ be?
5) What does a dilation factor of 1 do?
6) What does the dilation factor greater than 1 do?
7) What does then dilation factor less than 1 do?