Question

What is the scale factor from the original triangle to its copy as a percent?

Answer 1

Answer:

scale factor = 20%

Step-by-step explanation:

A scale factor is a multiplier which can be used to determine the rate between two or more dimensions.

In the given figure, the sides of the original triangle is 5 times greater than that of the copy. Thus,

the scale factor = $\frac{copy length}{original length}$ x 100%

                          = $\frac{1}{5}$ x 100%

                          = 20%

The scale factor of the original triangle to its copy is 20%. This implies that the dimensions of the original triangle are multiplied by 20% to determine that of the corresponding copy triangle. Thus, we scale down the dimensions of the original triangle by 20%.