Question

*Will give medal!* The areas of two similar rectangles are 250 square feet and 640 square feet.
What scale factor applied to the smaller rectangle will give the larger rectangle?

A. 64/25
B. 8/5
C. 5/8
D. 25/64

Answer 1

the scale factor is ratio of sides, or ratio of square root of area
\(\large \sqrt {\dfrac{250}{640}}=...?\)

Answer 2

Is it 5/8?

Answer 3

@hartnn

Answer 4

thats correct! :)

Answer 5

Oh cool, thanks for helping me. :)

Answer 6

welcome ^_^