Question

Lacey measured a neighborhood park and made a scale drawing. The scale she used was 3 millimeters = 1 meter. What is the drawing's scale factor?

Answer 1

0.003.

Explanation:

We have been given that Lacey measured a neighborhood park and made a scale drawing. The scale she used was 3 millimeters = 1 meter.

To find the scale factor, we will convert 1 meter into millimeters as:

We know that 1 meter equals 1000 millimeters.

`\text{Scale factor}=\frac{\text{Drawing side}}{\text{Original side}}`

`\text{Scale factor}=(3)/(1000)`

`\text{Scale factor}=0.003`

Therefore, the scale factor of drawing is 0.003.