Page 1: Introduction to Dilations and Transformations
This page introduces fundamental concepts of dilations and transformations through practical examples. Students learn to work with coordinate points and apply dilation rules.
Definition: A dilation is a transformation that produces a similar figure by multiplying all distances from a center point by a scale factor.
Example: Triangle DEF with vertices D−4,1, E2,3, and F2,1 is dilated by a factor of 3 using the origin, resulting in D'−12,3, E'(6,9), and F'(6,3).
Highlight: The rule for dilation can be written as (x,y) → (kx,ky) where k is the scale factor.
Vocabulary: Pre-image refers to the original figure, while image refers to the transformed figure.