Triangle A is drawn on the grid below - OCR - GCSE Maths - Question 10 - 2018 - Paper 1

Question 10

Triangle A is drawn on the grid below.
Enlarge triangle A with scale factor 2 and centre of enlargement (0, 0).
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Identify the vertices of triangle A

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The vertices of triangle A on the grid can be identified as follows:
- A(2, 2)
- B(4, 2)
- C(2, 4)
These points reference the lower left vertex at (2, 2), the right vertex at (4, 2), and the top vertex at (2, 4).
Calculate the enlarged vertices using scale factor 2

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To enlarge triangle A, we apply the formula for enlargement:
extEnlargedPoint=extScaleFactorimes(extOriginalPoint−extCentreofEnlargement)+extCentreofEnlargement
Using (0, 0) as the centre of enlargement and a scale factor of 2, the calculations are:
- For A(2, 2):
- Enlarged A = 2 × (2 - 0, 2 - 0) + (0, 0) = (4, 4)
- For B(4, 2):
- Enlarged B = 2 × (4 - 0, 2 - 0) + (0, 0) = (8, 4)
- For C(2, 4):
- Enlarged C = 2 × (2 - 0, 4 - 0) + (0, 0) = (4, 8)
List the vertices of the enlarged triangle

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The vertices of the enlarged triangle A are:
- Enlarged A(4, 4)
- Enlarged B(8, 4)
- Enlarged C(4, 8)
These points now represent the new positions of triangle A after enlargement.
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