Answered

Westonci.ca is the best place to get answers to your questions, provided by a community of experienced and knowledgeable experts. Discover a wealth of knowledge from experts across different disciplines on our comprehensive Q&A platform. Connect with a community of professionals ready to help you find accurate solutions to your questions quickly and efficiently.

A dilation with center (0,0) and scale factor "k" is applied to a polygon. What dilation can you apply to the image to return it to the original preimage?

Sagot :

RedRicin
So when we scale up this image, all points' distances from the center are multiplied by [tex]k[/tex]. We want to then put them back to where they were before.

Thinking about inverse operations, we could just divide by [tex]k[tex], right? But the problem with having a scale factor is we can only multiply.

Think about fractions. Dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by the reciprocal, right?

So if we think of [tex]k[/tex] as [tex]\frac{k}1[/tex], then the opposite reciprocal would be [tex]\boxed{\frac{1}k}[/tex]
We appreciate your time. Please come back anytime for the latest information and answers to your questions. We appreciate your visit. Our platform is always here to offer accurate and reliable answers. Return anytime. We're glad you chose Westonci.ca. Revisit us for updated answers from our knowledgeable team.