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G-SRT.1.b Warmup M2-046-A01-V02

Verify that dilations scale line segments by the dilation scale factor.

Find the image length of a segment after a dilation

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Segment \(PQ\) has length \(12~\text{units}\) and is dilated by \(\text{scale}~\text{factor}~1/2\). What is the image length \(P'Q'\)?

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Curriculum context
Course
Math II
Standard
G-SRT.1.b
Category
Geometry
Domain
Similarity, Right Triangles, and Trigonometry
Objective
Verify that dilations scale line segments by the dilation scale factor.
Problem type
Find the image length of a segment after a dilation