I THINK 24 FT BUT NOT SURE!! HELPPP!?!

Beni's uncle is building a deck for her house that is proportional to the twenty-four- feet by thirty-two- feet deck he built for his house. The scale factor between his deck and her deck is zero point five. Which of the following could be a measurement for Beni's deck?

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I THINK 24 FT BUT NOT SURE!! HELPPP!?!

Beni's uncle is building a deck for her house that is proportional to the twenty-four- feet by thirty-two- feet deck he built for his house. The scale factor between his deck and her deck is zero point five. Which of the following could be a measurement for Beni's deck?

mertsj · Answer

If the scale factor is .5 which is 1/2 that means that her deck is half as big as his.  So divide both measurements by 2 and that will give you the dimensions of her deck.