Question

Renne is making a scale diagram of her MP3 player. Th length of the scale drawing is 8in and the width is 14in. The actual length of the MP3 player Is 4 centimeters. And width is 7 centimeters. Is it an enlargement, reduction or a 1:1 representation? And is the factor 0.5,2,4 Or 8 inches

Answer 1

Solution

Step 1:

The scale factor is a measure for similar figures, who look the same but have different scales or measures. Suppose, two circle looks similar but they could have varying radii. The scale factor states the scale by which a figure is bigger or smaller than the original figure.

Step 2

Original length = 4 cm

Original width = 7 cm