Question

the parallelogram mnop is a dilation of the parallelogram mnop. what is the scale factor of the dilation?
simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction, an improper fraction, or a whole number.

Explanation:

Step1: Identify corresponding points

Take point $M(-1, 0)$ and its image $M'(-5, 0)$

Step2: Calculate scale factor

Scale factor = $\frac{\text{Image coordinate}}{\text{Original coordinate}}$
$\text{Scale factor} = \frac{-5}{-1} = 5$
(Verify with another pair: $P(2,0)$ and $P'(10,0)$: $\frac{10}{2}=5$)

Answer:

$5$