2. 6.7 Dilation
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6.7 Similarity Transformations
Dilation: stretches or shrinks
Center of Dilation: fixed point
Scale Factor: ratio of a side length to corresponding side length of original
Coordinate Notation for a Dilation: (x,y) ‐> (kx, ky)
Reduction: 0 < k < 1
Enlargement: k > 1
5. 6.7 Dilation
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Reading Diagrams
A point of the figure and its image lie on the same ray from the
origin for a center of dilation at the origin.