Find the scale factor that maps one circle to another
Problem
Find scale factor mapping circle with radius \(3\) to circle with radius \(9\).
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A dilation scale factor is a directed multiplicative comparison, so mapping order determines the ratio. We’ll divide the target radius by the source radius and verify that multiplying the source length by this factor produces the target length.
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