Question

What scale factor was applied to the first rectangle to get the resulting image? Enter your answer as a decimal in the box. A rectangle with a short side of 6. An arrow points to a smaller rectangle with a short side of 1.5

Answer 1

The answer was 5 ....

Answer 2

In this question, it is given that, A rectangle with a short side of 6. An arrow points to a smaller rectangle with a short side of 1.5 .

The shorter side of first rectangle is of measurement 6 units and of second rectangle, is of size 1.5units .

To find the scale factor, we have to do division of the shorter sides of the first and second rectangle, that is

$\frac{1.5}{6} = 0.25$

So the scale factor is 0.25 .