Question

Sphere A has a radius of 24 centimeters, and sphere B has a diameter of 42 centimeters. The radius of sphere A is multiplied by what factor to produce the radius of sphere B?

Answer 1

The scale factor to the problem is 7/8 to produce the radius of sphere B

Answer 2

The answer is
`(7)/(8)`

Explanation:

Sphere A has a radius of 24 centimeters.

Sphere B has a diameter of 42 centimeters.

Divide the diameter by 2 , we get
`42/2=21` centimeters

The scale factor is equal to =
`(21)/(24)`

Dividing by 2 we get;

`(7)/(8)`

So, the answer is
`(7)/(8)`