Dilation Exploration
DIRECTIONS:
tool.
Highlight a box around point A, point B, and Curious George's picture.
Then select point C (to serve as center of dilation)
In the pop-up box that appears, enter "k" (without the " " 's) to serve as the scale factor.
3) Select the Move tool. Explore!
Please answer the questions that appear below the applet. 1)
Suppose point A = (1, 2) is dilated about C(0,0) with scale factor 2. Suppose point B = (4, 1) is dilated about C(0,0) with scale factor 2. What would the coordinates of the A' = image of A be? What would the coordinates of B' = image of B be?
2)
Suppose point A = (1, 2) is dilated about C(0,0) with scale factor 3. Suppose point B = (4, 1) is dilated about C(0,0) with scale factor 3. What would the coordinates of the A' = image of A be? What would the coordinates of B' = image of B be?
3)
Suppose point A = (1, 2) is dilated about C(0,0) with scale factor 4. Suppose point B = (4, 1) is dilated about C(0,0) with scale factor 4. What would the coordinates of the A' = image of A be? What would the coordinates of B' = image of B be?
4)
Suppose point A = (1, 2) is dilated about C(0,0) with scale factor 0.5. Suppose point B = (4, 1) is dilated about C(0,0) with scale factor 0.5. What would the coordinates of the A' = image of A be? What would the coordinates of B' = image of B be?
5)
Suppose point A = (1, 2) is dilated about C(0,0) with scale factor 0. Suppose point B = (4, 1) is dilated about C(0,0) with scale factor 0. What would the coordinates of the A' = image of A be? What would the coordinates of B' = image of B be?
5)
Suppose point A = (1, 2) is dilated about C(0,0) with scale factor -1. Suppose point B = (4, 1) is dilated about C(0,0) with scale factor -1. What would the coordinates of the A' = image of A be? What would the coordinates of B' = image of B be? What if the scale factor was -2? -3?
5)
What do you notice? Write any observation(s) you have below.
6)
Notice how the image of f is called f'. How do their lengths compare? When is f' bigger than f? When is it smaller than f? Be specific!
7)
Go to the STEPS window now (notebook-looking icon to the left of the circle/triangle symbol) Hide the pictures of George and his image by de-selecting the bubbles of pic1 & pic1'. This should only leave the points and segments remaining. What else can we conclude segments about f' and f? Be sure to move points A and B around!
8)
Use the tool(s) provided to you to prove your conjecture for (7) is true. Can you also illustrate this another way?