Answer:
The scaled factor is 3.
Step-by-step explanation:
Consider the figure shown below:
It is given that: A rectangle N has an area of 5 square units. James drew a scaled version of Rectangle N and labeled it Rectangle P.
We need to find the scale factor which is used by James.
First, we will calculate the area of Rectangle P by counting the number of squares shown in the figure.
Area of rectangle P = 45 square unit
Let x be the scaled factor.
To scale the rectangle we need to multiply both the length and breadth of the rectangle N by x and the scaled area should be equal to 45.
It is given that area of the rectangle N is 5 square units, so put length time breadth as 5.
Hence, the scaled factor is 3.
You take out the GCF. The GCF here is 14. Since 14 can go both into 14 and 28 and is the largest number than can do so. 7 isn't because 14 is larger. So take the GCF out and you have this:
14(1+2)
Parenthesis indicate multiplication just in case you didn't know. That's your final answer since there is not GCF of 1 and 2