A dilation is a transformation which changes the size of a figure through either an enlargement, which makes the figure bigger, or a reduction, which makes the figure smaller, by a given scale factor.
When performed on the coordinate plane, a dilation will have a specified scale factor as well as a specified center of dilation. If none is specified the origin is assumed to be the center of dilation.
Coordinate form: The dilation \left(x,y\right) \to \left(kx,ky\right) takes the pre-image and dilates it by a factor of k, about the origin.
Function notation: The dilation D_{k,P}(A) takes the pre-image, A, and dilates it by a factor of k, with a center of dilation P.
If k>1, the dilation will be an enlargment, and if 0<k<1, the dilation will be a reduction. If k=1, the dilation maps the pre-image onto itself.
Find the scale factor for the following dilation:
Dilate the figure using a scale factor of 4 with the origin as the center of dilation.
Identify whether the following transformation preserves: distance, angles, or distance and angles.
A translation to the right 3 units, followed by a dilation using a scale factor of 2.