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Why is the centre of enlargement important?

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Why is the centre of enlargement important?

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Why is the centre of enlargement important?

To enlarge a shape you need:

C A Scale Factor (Size)
Centre of Enlargement (Position)

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Enlarge this shape by a scale factor of 3 about the
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The Different Positions
of the
Centre of Enlargement

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 The centre of enlargement can
lie on a corner of the shape

x4

x3

x2

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 The centre of enlargement can
lie on a side of the shape

x3
x2
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The centre of enlargement
can lie inside the shape

x3
x2
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Formal Enlargement
on square paper

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If you are using square paper you can use the
following method to enlarge:

Scale factor 3

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If you are using square paper you can use the
following method to enlarge:

Scale factor 3
2
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 Finding The
Centre of Enlargement

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Where is the centre of enlargement?

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Where is the centre of enlargement?

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Scale Factor Pairs

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What is the scale factor from A to B? x2
What is the scale factor from B to A? x½

C A B

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What is the scale factor
from A to B?
x3
What is the scale factor
from B to A? 1 B
x 3

A
C

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 What is the scale factor
from A to B? 3
x 2
What is the scale factor
from B to A?
x 23
C
A B

The scale factors which transform

object to image and vice versa are
always reciprocals of each other
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Negative
Scale
Factors

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What is the meaning of a
negative scale factor?

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Enlarge object A by a scale factor of -1

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C A
B

What is the scale factor from B to A?

What other single transformation would have
produced the same result from A to B?
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Enlarge object A by a scale factor of -1

C A
B

The Enlargement with scale factor -1 and a

given centre of enlargement C is the same as
a rotation by 180° about C , and C is also
known as centre of symmetry
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Enlarge object A by a scale factor of -1
-2

C A
B

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Enlarge object A by a scale factor of -1
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What is the scale factor from B to A? – 2
What combination of transformations would
have produced the same result from A to B?
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Enlarge the triangle shown below by a scale factor
of 3, with centre of enlargement the origin.

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Enlarge the triangle shown below by a scale factor
of 2½, with centre of enlargement the point P.
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Enlarge the trapezium shown below by a scale factor of
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Shape P is enlarged to give shape Q.
One side of shape Q is drawn for you.
1. What is the scale factor for this enlargement?
2. Complete shape Q.
3. What are the co ordinates of the centre of enlargement?
4. Enlarge shape P by a 17
scale factor of ½ 16
about (3,14) to give 15
shape R. 14
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the scale factor from P 11

to Q is 2 10
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Enlarge this triangle by a scale
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Shape P is enlarged to give shape Q.
One of the sides of shape Q has been drawn on
the grid.
1. State the scale factor for this enlargement.
2. Complete shape Q on the grid.
A B A¢ B¢
Q
P C¢
D¢
C

D E¢

The scale factor is ½

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