Line segment AB was dilated by a scale factor of 1/2. What are the coordinates for the image A' and B' in the image?
To find the coordinates of the image points A' and B' after dilating the line segment AB by a scale factor of 1/2, we can multiply the coordinates of the original points A and B by the scale factor.
Let's say the coordinates of point A are (x1, y1), and the coordinates of point B are (x2, y2).
To find the coordinates of point A', we multiply the coordinates of point A by the scale factor of 1/2:
A' = (1/2 * x1, 1/2 * y1) = (x1/2, y1/2).
Similarly, the coordinates of point B' can be found by multiplying the coordinates of point B by the scale factor of 1/2:
B' = (1/2 * x2, 1/2 * y2) = (x2/2, y2/2).
Therefore, the coordinates for the image A' are (x1/2, y1/2), and the coordinates for the image B' are (x2/2, y2/2).