Question

PLS HELP! Use the two images of the houses to answer the following questions. Number your answers.

1.Are the lengths of one house proportional to the lengths of the other house? Why or why not?
2.How can you use scale factors to show that the homes are or are not proportional?
3.What role does surface area take in the building of a house?
4.What advantages exist for a house with a large amount of surface area exposed to the elements? Explain.

Answer 1

If were talking about one house being a scaled copy of the other, the Scale factor has to be a fraction OR s single number. Like 1/8 or 1/2, or even 5.