Question

Mrs. O'Brien's rectangular garden has a length of 20 meters and a width of 12 meters. Her neighbor, Mr. Rogers, has a garden similar in shape with a scale factor of 2.

A) What is the width of Mr. Roger's garden?
B)How do the ratio of the gardens' perimeters relate to the scale factor? Express your answer as a ratio in simplest form.
C)How do the areas of the gardens relate to one another? Express your answer a a ration in simplest form

Answer 1

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Explanation:

a scale factor of 2 means multiply all length it by 2

so 12*2=24 the width of garden is 24

the ratio relates by you only have to multiply the first garden area by 2 to find the other's gardens area same with the side lengths ratio 1:2

ratio 1:2