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Effect of Positive Rational Scale Factor

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 Students should understand that scale factor shows the multiplicative relationship between the dimensions of two figures as well as the multiplicative relationship between coordinates of corresponding points on a figure if the figures have the origin as their center of dilation. Students must understand how to express the rules for a dilation in algebraic form between two shapes on a coordinate plane.

Example

Quadrilateral ABCD with the origin as the center of dilation was used to create Quadrilateral A’B’C’D’.

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   Write a rule that represents the dilation that was applied to quadrilateral ABCD to create A’B’C’D’ and justify your thinking.
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Digital Tools

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Scale Drawings

Scale Factor and Classification

Dilations: Graphing the Image 

Dilations: Find the Coordinates 

Resources

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Generating Similar Figures Using Dilations 

TEKS

Readiness Standard 8.3 Proportionality. The student applies mathematical process standards to use proportional relationships to describe dilations. The student is expected to:

(C) use an algebraic representation to explain the effect of a given positive rational scale factor applied to two-dimensional figures on a coordinate plane with the origin as the center of dilation

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