Dilations

A dilated figure changes in size, and location.When we zoom into a photo the image becomes either clearer or blury.Zooming relates to dilation because when you dilate a figure you are either making the figure larger or smaller.When a figure undergoes a dilation with ascale factor of 1.5, becomes larger.The figure becomes larger because when you multiply a figure by a number greater than 1, the figure becomes lager.However, when you multiply a figure by a number less than 1, the figure becomes smaller.Dilations differ from Translations because when you dilate a figure, you are changing the size of the figure.When you find the translation of figure, you are finding the new location of the figure (or it's prime).Multiplying by 1/3 is the same as dividing by 3 because when you multiply a number by 1/3 you have to divide the numerator by the denominator.For example, if you wanted to find 1/3 of 16, you just multiply 1/3and 16/1.Which gives you 16/3, which is also the same as 16 divided by 3.