Question

In the image below, triangle ABC and its image under a dilation centered at the origin, find the scale factor. (Your answer will be decimal only and round to the nearest hundredth).

Answer 1

Scale factor= 0.33 ( to the nearest hundredth )

Explanation:

`scale \: factor \: = (image)/(object)`

Using the coordinates of B and B';

`sf = (1)/(3) = 0.33333333...`