A line is dilated with a center of dilation on the line and a scale factor of 0.5. Which of the following statements will be true about the dilated line?

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A line is dilated with a center of dilation on the line and a scale factor of 0.5. Which of the following statements will be true about the dilated line? 

a)The length of the dilated line is twice the length of the given line.

b)The length of the dilated line is half the length of the given line.
 
c)The dilated line intersects the given line.
 
d)The dilated line is collinear with the given line.
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