For the dilation with a center (0,0) shown on the graph, your friend says the scale factor is 5/2. what is the correct scale factor? what mistake did your friend likely make?

From the given figure:

Coordinates of Pre-image triangle ABC are:

A (0, 5), B(-5, 0) and C(5, -5)

and

Coordinate of image triangle A'B'C' are;

A'(0, 2), B'(-2, 0) and C'(2, -2)

The rule of dilation with scale factor k and centered at origin is given by;

To find k;

A'(0, 2) = A'(0, 5k)

Comparing both sides we get;

5k = 2

Therefore, correct scale factor is

He did mistake in transformations i.e a huge mistake mathematically.

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