Stage 17 · Similarity & Dilation

17.6.3 Constructing a Dilation (Enlarging and Shrinking)

17.6 Dilation of Figures

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17.6.3 Constructing a Dilation (Enlarging and Shrinking)

Core idea

Starting from the center, push each vertex out or pull it in along its ray by a factor of k, then connect them back up.

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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