https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-transformations/hs-geo-dilations/v/dilating-points-example 2023-05-12T21:01:01.897246564Z Dilating points Dilations are a way to stretch or shrink shapes around a point called the center of dilation. The amount we stretch or shrink is called the scale factor. If the scale factor is greater than 1, the shape stretches. If it's between 0 and 1, the shape shrinks. video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/ZCdwTudJg6e6n-P2gsaUborP4izvMsGo71pvEVlX9dNYWcLXcP7VHkWpn2grt4TUP1KoJLQP9NswyHBuBLSFTBw Dilating points Dilations are a way to stretch or shrink shapes around a point called the center of dilation. The amount we stretch or shrink is called the scale factor. If the scale factor is greater than 1, the shape stretches. If it's between 0 and 1, the shape shrinks. https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/N0_HfmxdbCg.mp4/N0_HfmxdbCg.mp4 187 Enlarging shapes https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-transformations/hs-geo-dilations/e/performing-dilations 2026-05-08T18:00:43.783463944Z Dilate points Use the interactive transformation tool to perform dilations. Tomer Gal exercise https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-transformations/hs-geo-dilations/v/dilation-scale-factor 2023-05-12T21:01:01.897246564Z Dilations: scale factor Dilations make a shape bigger or smaller. A scale factor tells us how much to multiply by the side lengths to change the size. The scale factor is the ratio of the side length in the new shape (image) to the side length in the corresponding side in the original shape (pre-image). Each pair of corresponding sides has the same factor. video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/ZCdwTudJg6e6n-P2gsaUborP4izvMsGo71pvEVlX9dNYWcLXcP7VHkWpn2grt4TUP1KoJLQP9NswyHBuBLSFTBw Dilations: scale factor Dilations make a shape bigger or smaller. A scale factor tells us how much to multiply by the side lengths to change the size. The scale factor is the ratio of the side length in the new shape (image) to the side length in the corresponding side in the original shape (pre-image). Each pair of corresponding sides has the same factor. https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/b4ORXN7a0-w.mp4/b4ORXN7a0-w.mp4 299 Enlarging shapes https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-transformations/hs-geo-dilations/e/defining-dilations-2 2026-03-25T12:10:34.88329628Z Dilations: scale factor Find both the center and the scale factor of a dilation that maps a given figure to another one. Tomer Gal exercise https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-transformations/hs-geo-dilations/v/thinking-about-dilations 2023-05-12T21:01:01.897246564Z Dilating shapes: expanding Let's dilate a rectangle around a point P using a scale factor 1 2/3. This changes the size of the rectangle while keeping its shape. Because 1 2/3 is bigger than 1, most of the points get farther from P. Point P stays in place, because a distance of 0 times any scale factor is still 0. Sal Khan video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/eJ0ujicJxWleCFPYnHJObwHRlmrxSg4avLuQ3GrdBJHtk4EI_DeMFHol8Dm3vW8BQeZF6FyzfMPhmWyUYGuloJ1v Dilating shapes: expanding Let's dilate a rectangle around a point P using a scale factor 1 2/3. This changes the size of the rectangle while keeping its shape. Because 1 2/3 is bigger than 1, most of the points get farther from P. Point P stays in place, because a distance of 0 times any scale factor is still 0. https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/6dyWKD_JPhI.mp4/6dyWKD_JPhI.mp4 159 Enlarging shapes