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An enlargement using a negative scale factor will cause the enlargement to appear on the other side

of the centre of enlargement; and will be inverted (upside down). The shape will also change size
depending on the value of the enlargement.

The shape has changed size, so it is an enlargement. It is inverted, so it has a negative scale factor.

Draw ray lines between the matching vertices. The ray lines cross at the centre of enlargement (1,5).
The shape is twice the size of the original, scale factor 2; as it has been inverted and the enlargement
is on the opposite side of the centre of enlargement the scale factor is -2.

In the above example, shape A has been mapped onto shape B with a scale factor of -1. Note that the
ray lines pass through centre of enlargement which inverts the shape.

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