Where Do We See Dilations in the World?
Here Are Several: in Graphic Design. I Actually Do Some Graphic Design, and I Use Dilation a Lot. .. . in Police Work and Crime Investigation. Detectives and...
- In graphic design. I actually do some graphic design, and I use dilation a lot. ...
- In police work and crime investigation. Detectives and police dilate photos to see smaller details and evidence.
- In architecture. ...
- In the doctor's office.
Where do you see dilation in the real world?
There is another example. It is dilated cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart where the left ventricle, in most cases, stretches and thins. When you need to enlarge a picture from wallet-size to wall-hanging size, you could use dilation.
How do you find dilations?
To find the scale factor for a dilation, we find the center point of dilation and measure the distance from this center point to a point on the preimage and also the distance from the center point to a point on the image. The ratio of these distances gives us the scale factor, as Math Bits Notebook accurately states.