Question

A toy basketball hoop for toddlers has a diameter of 10 cm. A regulation basketball hoop has a diameter of 46 cm. Determine the scale factor for the diameter of the toddler size basketball hoop to the diameter of the regulation size basketball hoop. (round answer to two decimal places)

Answer 1

The scale factor shows how many times smaller is the small ball than the regular one .

So the scale factor is = 10/46 = 0.217