5. Dilations
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By finding the perpendicular bisector of a segment twice, you can divide the segments into quarters.
We should dilate the quadrilateral RSTU with a scale factor of k=75 %. Our first step is to draw lines between the center C and the vertices of the quadrilateral. Since the scale factor is less than 1, the dilation will be a reduction.
The line that contains both intersections of the arcs is the perpendicular bisector to RC.
By finding the perpendicular bisector of RA, we will know the location of R'.
Let's repeat the process for UC and TC.
Finally, we will connect the image points. The resulting image is a dilation of RSTU with a factor of dilation of 14.