Pentagon is the image of pentagon after a dilation centered at . What is the scale factor of this dilation?
Pentagons A B C D E and A prime B prime C prime D prime E prime; Point F centered inside both. Side lengths as follows: A B, 3. B C, 6. C D, 3. D E, 3. E A, 6. A prime B prime, 5. B prime C prime, 10. C prime D prime, 5. D prime E prime, 5. E prime A prime 10.
A polygon has a perimeter of 12 units. It is dilated with a scale factor of . What is the perimeter of its image?
9 units
12 units
16 units
It cannot be determined.
Problem 3
Triangle is taken to triangle by a dilation. Which of these scale factors for the dilation would result in an image that was larger than the original figure?