Topic 10: Dilations for use before Kaleidoscopes, Hubcaps, and Mirrors Investigation 1A dilation is a transformation of a figure that changes its size but not itsshape.The scale factor of a dilation determines the extent of the change insize.A dilation is an enlargement when the scale factor is greater than 1.
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is a reduction a the scale factor is less than 1.When you dilate a figure, youare either shrinking or enlarging an original figure toward or farther fromanother point called the center of dilation.
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