Question

The length of a rectangle is 9 inches and is dilated to 6 inches. What is the scale factor?

Answer 1

@hartnn help please

Answer 2

It has a scale factor of minus two I believe

Answer 3

thats not a choice

Answer 4

I might be wrong though. Let me check :)

Answer 5

What are the choices?

Answer 6

negative two-thirds

3

two-thirds

three-halves

Answer 7

It's three-halves :)

Answer 8

ty :) Under a dilation, triangle XYZ where X(6, 3), Y(-2, 4), and Z(10, -2) becomes triangle X’Y’Z’ where X’(3, 1.5), Y’(-1, 2), and Z’(5, -1). What is the scale factor for this dilation?

Answer 9

9/6= 1.5 and 1.5 in fraction form is 3/2 or three-halves :)

Answer 10

Okay gimme a sec

Answer 11

ok

Answer 12

what are your choices?

Answer 13

I don't have any... :P

Answer 14

Okay, I think that it's a scale factor of .5 or one-half

Answer 15

ok thanks :)

Answer 16

You're welcome :)