Is there a difference in dilating lines when dilating polygon line equations versus dilating tangent line equations to y=f(x) functions?
If so then the dilation type for line y=mx+b needs to be specified.
Proposed answer, for polygon dilation of y=mx+b side,,,from any center,,,, line dilation must have same slope to preserve geometry similarity.
But for function (y-y1)= f(x-x1) , and dilation of y-y1 variable, the corresponding
tangent line dilation from (x1,y1) center dilated in y-y1 is a function dilation. And the
latter tangent line does not have same slope as original tangent line.
Agree or Disagree is the question?
William C.
I agree as well. This was nicely illustrated in a great question (also yours?) about the tangent line to a vertically dilated circle.11/18/23