Use the following construction to explore dilations and answer the questions that follow.

[b]Questions:[/b][br]1. What happens when you set the scale factor to 1? Greater than 1? Less than 1?[br][br]2. In what ways does the scale factor affect the dilation?[br][br]3. Try moving the Center to different locations, outside the Preimage, inside, on the edge or vertex of the Preimage. How does the position of the center affect the image?[br][br][br][br]