Question

Nicole is running for school president. Her best friend designed a campaign poster, which measured 3 feet by 2 feet. Nicole like the poster so much, she reproduced the artwork on rectangular buttons that measured 2 inches by 1 1/3. What is the scale factor?

Answer 1

The scale factor is 18 to 1 for the painting

Explanation:

Here we want to get the scale factor of the original to what is reproduced

Let us have same units first

Mathematically;

1 foot = 12 inches

3 feet = 36 inches

2 feet = 24 inches

So 36 to 2 and 24 to 1 1/3

That will be ratio 36/2 = 18 to 1

same as 25 divided by 1 1/3 = 18 to 1