standard_description: Verify experimentally the properties of dilations given by a center and a scale factor:
- A dilation takes a line not passing through the center of the dilation to a parallel line, and leaves a line passing through the center unchanged.
- The dilation of a line segment is longer or shorter in the ratio given by the scale factor.
problem_activity: Problem 1
Circles
$$A$$
and
$$C$$
are shown below.
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Write an equation that describes each of the circles.
Problem 2
Write the equation of a circle whose diameter has endpoints of
$$(-8, 2)$$
and
$$ (2, 2)$$
.
Problem 3
Describe how you could prove that circle
$$A$$
is similar to circle
$$B$$
.
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aligns: no