Enlargement OCR Stage 6. Enlargement Transforms a shape using –A Centre of Enlargement –A Scale Factor Exam questions sometimes involve enlargements on.

EnlargementOCR Stage 6

Enlargement

• Transforms a shape using– A Centre of Enlargement– A Scale Factor

• Exam questions sometimes involve enlargements on an x,y grid

Draw a 3 times enlargement of this shape

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DIAGONAL lines are best drawn LAST

A shape we change is called an OBJECT

This OBJECT was enlarged with a SCALE FACTOR of 3

The shape it becomes is called the IMAGE

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USING A CENTRE OF ENLARGEMENT

Enlarge Triangle by scale factor 2With Centre of Enlargement (0,0)

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Move one VERTEX at a time

After Scale factor 2 Enlargement, how manyTimes will OBJECT fit inside its IMAGE?