SOLUTION: 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"?

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Question 1003801: 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"?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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Remember that to dilate something in the coordinate plane, multiply each coordinate by the scale factor.
If the triangle is dilated by a scale factor of 1%2F4%7D%5D%5D%2C++the+coordinates+of+%22%7B%7B%7BA" will be (8%281%2F4%29,+-24%281%2F4%29)=>(2,+-6)