Question

Your boss sends you a text of a painting of the Yankee stadium.

The painting is 16 inches by 24 inches. If the scale factor is 2.25, what is the actual size of the painting?
Your boss also needs to know if this is an enlargement or a reduction.
(If you can,Please provide an image of how you solved the problem.And please explain thoroughly how you got your answer.)

Answer 1

170.6 inches

The scale factor is an enlargement

Explanation:

16 by 24 is the Painting by a scale factor of 2.25

A scale factor is an enlargment or reduction in a shape or quantity.

So

(16*24) is the size of the painting after Scale factor

16*24=384

Know get 384/2.25

170.666666667

170.6 inches