document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1003846>Question 1003846</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The vertices of a triangle are A(8,-24), B(8,-8) and C(16,-8).If the triangle is dilated by a scale factor of 1/4, what will be the coordinates of A'? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #620499 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Edwin+McCravy><B>Edwin McCravy(20056)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Edwin+McCravy><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Edwin+McCravy><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=620499\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The vertices of a triangle are A(8,-24), B(8,-8) and C(16,-8).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the triangle is dilated by a scale factor of 1/4, what will<BR>\n" );
document.write( "be the coordinates of A'?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since you did not state the center of dilation, I will\r\n" );
document.write( "assume you meant the center of dilation to be the origin.\r\n" );
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document.write( "A(8,-24), B(8,-8) and C(16,-8)\r\n" );
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document.write( "In that case, we multiply all the coordinates of\r\n" );
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document.write( "A(8,-24), B(8,-8) and C(16,-8)\r\n" );
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document.write( "by 1/4, and get \r\n" );
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document.write( "A'(2,-6), B'(2,-2) and C'(4,-2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "We draw the dilated triangle A'B'C' in red also, and\r\n" );
document.write( "green lines from the origin through the coordinates:\r\n" );
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document.write( "I know you just wanted A' but you need to understand what's\r\n" );
document.write( "going on, not just a cookbook way to get an answer.  It's\r\n" );
document.write( "very hard to learn math the cookbook way without understanding\r\n" );
document.write( "what's going on.  Understanding is what makes math easy.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin</PRE> </SPAN>\n" );
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