Stage 17 · Similarity & Dilation

17.6.1 The Idea of a Dilation

17.6 Dilation of Figures

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17.6.1 The Idea of a Dilation

Core idea

A bulb casts a shadow whose every side radiates from the same light source, and that point is the center of dilation.

Module goal. On top of similarity we add a shared center, giving the dilation transformation that enlarges or shrinks by pure construction, setting up the transformations in circles next and in later coordinate geometry.
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