Question

A dilation has a scale of 4.

What term describes this type of dilation?

A.expansion
B.congruent
C.expulsion
D.contraction

Answer 1

A dilation has a scale of 4. This describes an EXPANSION type of dilation.

The scale of 4 means that the dilated image is 4 times bigger than the original image. The dilated image still retained the same proportion of the original image even though it is in a larger scale.