Question

classify each scale factor as a contraction or expansion.

5
1/6
7/2
1/10
8/5
3/8

Answer 1

@LunyMoony

Answer 2

5 = 25
1/6 = 6/36
7/2 = 14/4
1/10 = 10/100
8/5 = 40/25
3/8 = 24/64

That's what my understand it anyway. Is that what you wanted or no? Or, you wanted a graph? There really was only a possiblity of expansion and not contraction to this

Answer 3

Since when is 5 = 25?

Answer 4

If the number is greater than 1, it is an expansion.
If the number is less than 1, it is a contraction.

5 > 1
1/6 < 1
What about the others? Are they greater than or less than 1?

Answer 5

7/2> 1

Answer 6

@mathstudent55

Answer 7

Correct, so 7/2 is an expansion.

Answer 8

1/10 is a contraction
3/8 is a contraction
8/5 is an expansion

am i right?

Answer 9

A positive whole number other than 1 is always greater than 1.

Dealing with positive numerators and denominators:
A fraction with a numerator greater than the denominator is an improper fraction and is also greater than 1.
A fraction with a numerator less than the denominator is less than 1.

Answer 10

You are correct.

Answer 11

yayy thank you so much