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What is the scale factor?

What is the scale factor?-example-1
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Explanation:

it means that every line of figure A is multiplied by the same factor f to get the cheapskate side of figure B.

so,

12 × f = 4

f = 4/12 = 1/3

to check

10.5 × 1/3 = 3.5

correct

so,

the scale factor is 1/3.

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