A square that has been scaled by a magnitude of 2.5
<UserControl x:Class='SilverlightApplication3.MainPage' xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation' xmlns:x='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml' xmlns:d='http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008' xmlns:mc='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006' mc:Ignorable='d' d:DesignWidth='640' d:DesignHeight='480'> <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White"> <Rectangle Width="30" Height="30" Fill="Green" Stroke="Black" Canvas.Left="35" Canvas.Top="35"> <Rectangle.RenderTransform> <TransformGroup> <ScaleTransform ScaleX="2.5" ScaleY="2.5"/> </TransformGroup> </Rectangle.RenderTransform> </Rectangle> </Grid> </UserControl>