2016 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 20
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Problem
A dilation of the plane—that is, a size transformation with a positive scale factor—sends the circle of radius centered at
to the circle of radius
centered at
. What distance does the origin
, move under this transformation?
Solution 1: Algebraic
The center of dilation must lie on the line , which can be expressed
. Also, the ratio of dilation must be equal to
, which is the ratio of the radii of the circles. Thus, we are looking for a point
such that
(for the
-coordinates), and
. Solving these, we get
and
. This means that any point
on the plane will dilate to the point
, which means that the point
dilates to
. Thus, the origin moves
units.
Solution 2: Geometric
Using analytic geometry, we find that the center of dilation is at
and the coefficient/factor is
. Then, we see that the origin is
from the center, and will be
from it afterwards.
Thus, it will move .
Solution 3: Logic and Geometry
Using the ratios of the circles , we find that the scale factor is
. If the origin had not moved, this indicates that the center of the
circle would be
, simply because of
. Since the center has moved from
to
, we apply the distance formula and get:
.
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