what scale factor will produce a dilated image of smaller than the original image
To produce a dilated image that is smaller than the original image, we need a scale factor less than 1. The scale factor determines how much the dimensions of the original image will be multiplied by to obtain the dimensions of the dilated image. If the scale factor is less than 1, multiplying the dimensions by this factor will result in smaller values.
For example, if we have a scale factor of 0.5, the dimensions of the dilated image will be half of the original dimensions. Similarly, if we have a scale factor of 0.75, the dimensions of the dilated image will be 75% of the original dimensions. In general, any scale factor between 0 and 1 will produce a dilated image smaller than the original.