You already know that the size of an enlargement is described by its scale factor. For example, a scale factor of 2 means that the side-lengths of the new shape are twice the side-lengths of the ...
The triangle ABC is enlarged by a scale factor of \(\frac{1}{3}\). All the sides of triangle A'B'C' are one third as long as the sides of the original triangle ABC. Enlarge the triangle ABC by a scale ...
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