Does congruence guarantee length conversion?

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Suppose that a linear transformation $M:R^2 \rightarrow R^2$ maps a triangle $ABC$ to a congruent triangle $A'B'C'$

($\{A, B, O\}, \{B, C, O\},\{C, A, O\}$ are not colinear, and $A,B,C\neq O$)

Is it true that the linear transformation always conserves length?

Or can there possibly be a counterexample?

(I'm talking about transformations on $R^2$ that can be represented as a 2 by 2 matrix)

Thanks in advance