When a shape is dilated, all of its sides are scaled up or down uniformly by the same factor. The dilation factor determines the amount of scaling. If the shape with sides of 2 units and 5 units is dilated by a factor of 2, for example, all the sides would be doubled in length. So, the sides would become 4 units and 10 units respectively. Similarly, if the shape is dilated by a factor of 0.5, all the sides would be halved in length, resulting in sides of 1 unit and 2.5 units.
