Question

Polygon MNOPQ is dilated by a scale factor of 0.8 with the origin as the center of dilation, resulting in the image M’N’O’P’Q’. The coordinates of point M are (2,4), and the coordinates of point N are (3,5). The slope of M’N’ is

Answer 1

Answer:
slope of M'N' = 1

Explanation:
First, we will need to get the coordinates of points M' and N':
We are given that the dilation factor (k) is 0.8
Therefore:
For point M':
x coordinate of M' = k * x coordinate of M 
x coordinate of M' = 0.8 * 2 = 1.6
y coordinate of M' = k * y coordinate of M
y coordinate of M' = 0.8 * 4 = 3.2
Therefore, coordinates of M' are (1.6 , 3.2)

For point N':
x coordinate of N' = k * x coordinate of N 
x coordinate of N' = 0.8 * 3 = 2.4
y coordinate of N' = k * y coordinate of N
y coordinate of N' = 0.8 * 5 = 4
Therefore, coordinates of M' are (2.4 , 4)

Then, we can get the slope of M'N':
slope = (y2-y1) / (x2-x1)
For M'N':
slope = (3.2-4) / (1.6-2.4)
slope = 1

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