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The figures shown are similar. http://static.k12.com/calms_media/media/1299500_1300000/1299527/1/781b1062d78a1bb9c835059b58624d124776c27c/141093.jpg
What is the scale factor? A. 6/7 B. 1/9 C. 3/7 D. 4/7

Answer 1

ok do you know what scale factor is?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

i think it's D

Answer 4

Hmmm.... Give me a sec im not sure if I remember how to do this

Answer 5

Ok yes you are correct! To find the equation of a parrallegram when it just has the two bottom sides, we can simply divide 21/2. We will roughly get an answer of 0.57. Which is none of the options but when we divide each option we can see which one is equivlent.
A. 6 divided by 7 is 0.87
B. 1 divided by 9 is 0.1 repeating
C.3 divided by 7 is 0.43
D. 4 divided by 7 is roughly 0.57 too

Answer 6

So D is the answer.... Do you understand?

Answer 7

yup, that's how i got the answer
Thanks!

Answer 8

No problem

Answer 9

Thank you for the medal!!