Answer:
- <u><em>Luke is incorrect because he stated the ratio of the smaller figure to the bigger one instead that the ratio of the bigger figures to the smaller one.</em></u>
Explanation:
Start by converting the decimal number, 0.6, to a fraction:
As you see, the scale factor stated by <em>Luke</em> is just the inverse of that stated by <em>Paula</em>, <em>5/3</em>.
If <em>Paula is correc</em>t, it means that <em>Luke</em> related the figures on the opposite direction. This is,<em> Paula</em> correctly stated the ratio of the bigger figure to the smaller one, 5 : 3, while, <em>Luke</em>, incorrectly, stated the ratio of the smaller figure to the bigger one.