how do you calculate the scale factors of 2 dimensional objects??? *will give medal and fan*

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anonymous · Answer

can you give me an example to help u with?

anonymous · Answer

nvm... just a sec.

anonymous · Answer

|dw:1391123732584:dw| we can work with these... do you know what the scale factor is?

anonymous · Answer

no i dont :( sorry

anonymous · Answer

It is what you multiply the dimensions of the smaller figure by to get the larger figure, so to calculate, divide the deminsions of the larger figure by the ones of the smaller figure

anonymous · Answer

divide the long side of the larger rectangle by the long side of the smaller triangle

anonymous · Answer

so it would be three and four?

anonymous · Answer

they have to be similar shapes to find the factor, which means same factor for both of the sides... 24/8=3 and 6/2=3 so the scale factor of the figures is 3

anonymous · Answer

did i make any sense?

anonymous · Answer

ohh so would the answer always be the same number? and yes it did. thank you so much i was completely clueless XD

anonymous · Answer

your very welcom :) thank you :)