Under a dilation, a figure is enlarged and its orientation is preserved. Choose the statement that best describes the dilation.

An enlargement has a scale factor greater than 1, so each image point is farther from the center of dilation than its corresponding preimage point. Because the orientation is preserved, the scale factor is positive, placing the image on the same ray from the center as the preimage. Therefore, the best choice is A: the image is along the same ray and farther from the center.

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