TRANSFORMATION: DILATION

It is a transformation of an object by resizing to either reduce or

enlarge it about a point with a given.
Dilation includes: If k > 1 – the dilation is enlargement.
o Center of dilation – fixed point in the If k < 1 – the dilation is reduction.
plane about which all points are
expanded or contracted.
o Scale factor - determines whether
the dilation is an enlargement or a
reduction.
Scale factor represents by k.
( x, y ) ( kx, ky )
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