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nikitadnepr [17]
3 years ago
8

lias’s teacher has given him a rectangle that is 15 feet by 20 feet. She has asked him to create a new rectangle using a scale f

actor of 8/3. Elias says that will be a reduction because the scale factor is a fraction. Is he correct?
Mathematics
1 answer:
butalik [34]3 years ago
5 0

no. he isn't correct because the scale factor is an improper fraction. 2/5 means you have 2 out of 5, but if you have 8 out of 3, that means you have 2 3s and 2 more leftover. it wouldn't be a reduction, it'd be increasing!

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