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Brrunno [24]
3 years ago
8

What does scale factor mean?

Mathematics
1 answer:
mamaluj [8]3 years ago
4 0
"A scale factor is a number which scales, or multiplies, some quantity. ... In the field of measurements, the scale factor of an instrument is sometimes referred to as sensitivity. The ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures is also called a scale factor." (not my wording but i hope this helps)
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