Question

Triangle A and B are similar. Triangle A has side lengths of 6, 13, and 4. Triangle b has side lengths of 4.2, 9.1, and 2.8. Give the scale factor that brings Triangle A to Triangle B.

Answer 1

We have the following:

To calculate the scale factor we must divide each of its sides, like this

`\begin{gathered} (4.2)/(6)=0.7 \\ (9.1)/(13)=0.7 \\ (2.8)/(4)=0.7 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the scale factor that brings Triangle A to Triangle B is 0.7