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OpenStudy (samara89):

What is the scale factor for the set of similar figures?

OpenStudy (samara89):

OpenStudy (samara89):

@greatlife44

rebeccaxhawaii (rebeccaxhawaii):

so its getting bigger that means its increasing

OpenStudy (samara89):

@rebeccaxhawaii

OpenStudy (samara89):

can you help me?

rebeccaxhawaii (rebeccaxhawaii):

do you have an idea of what you would do?

OpenStudy (samara89):

no idea

rebeccaxhawaii (rebeccaxhawaii):

you would divide one number by the other

OpenStudy (fortytherapper):

What if I said that I had $20 in my pocket and that money went up by a scale factor of 3?

OpenStudy (samara89):

so divide 6/9.6

rebeccaxhawaii (rebeccaxhawaii):

no remember that you are increasing

OpenStudy (samara89):

okay so multiply

OpenStudy (samara89):

@rebeccaxhawaii

OpenStudy (samara89):

@welshfella

OpenStudy (fortytherapper):

No you would divide, you're numbers are just mixed up

OpenStudy (samara89):

so what numbers

rebeccaxhawaii (rebeccaxhawaii):

no you would divide those numbers

rebeccaxhawaii (rebeccaxhawaii):

but in the opposite order

OpenStudy (fortytherapper):

The numbers provided on the picture

OpenStudy (samara89):

so divide 9.6/6

OpenStudy (fortytherapper):

Right

OpenStudy (welshfella):

scale factor is 9.6 / 6

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