6.7: PERFORM SIMILARITY TRANSFORMATIONS

DILATION

! Transformation that stretches or shrinks a figure to create a similar figure

! The fixed point where

a figure is enlarged or

reduced

! Ratio of a side length of the

image to the corresponding side

length of the original figure

!  **remember, image is

AFTER transformation

DILATION

Center of Dilation Scale Factor of Dilation

HWK P. 412 (3-20)