Explanation: I will assume that: LM is the original distance FG is the dilated distance
The dilation can be found using the following the general rule: dilated quantity = scale factor * original quantity
In the given, we have: dilated distance = 0.75 miles original distance = 1.5 miles
Substitute with the givens in the above equation to get the scale factor as follows: 0.75 = scale factor * 1.5 scale factor = [tex] \frac{1.5}{0.75} = 0.5[/tex]
