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Dilations in Math

How to perform dilations

A dilation is a type of transformation that changes the size of the image. The scale factor, sometimes called the scalar factor, measures how much larger or smaller the image is. Below is a picture of a dilation with a scale factor of 2. This means that the image, A', is twice as large as the pre-image A. Like other transformations, prime notation is used to distinguish the image fromthe pre-image. The image always has a prime after the letter such as A' .
Picture of a dilation in math

Demonstration of Dilation, Scale factor of 3

Compositions of transformations : dilations



The compositions of transformations below include at least one dilation. This website follows the right to left convention for compositions of transformations (ie read the compositions right to left) .

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