A triangle has corners at (4, 5 )(4,5), ( 2, 3 )(2,3), and (2 , 2 )(2,2). If the triangle is dilated by 4 x4x around (0, 1)(0,1), what will the new coordinates of its corners be?

1 Answer
May 31, 2018

color(blue)(A'=(16x,16x+1)

color(blue)(B'=(8x,8x+1)

color(blue)(C'=(8x,4x+1)

Explanation:

Let A=(4,5) , B=(2,3), C=(2,2)

Let:

vec(OD)=((0),(1)) be the position vector of the dilation point.

Let:

vec(DA)=((4),(4)), vec(DB)=((2),(2)), vec(DC)=((2),(1))

Scale factor 4x

Then the position vectors of the images of A,B and C are:

vec(OA')=vec(OD)+4xvec(DA)=((0),(1))+4x((4),(4))=((16x),(16x+1))

vec(OB')=vec(OD)+4xvec(DB)=((0),(1))+4x((2),(2))=((8x),(8x+1))

vec(OC')=vec(OD)+4xvec(DC)=((0),(1))+4x((2),(1))=((8x),(4x+1))

color(blue)(A'=(16x,16x+1)

color(blue)(B'=(8x,8x+1)

color(blue)(C'=(8x,4x+1)