Question

An actor is 6ft tall.On a billboard for a new movie,the actors pictures is enlarged so that his height is 16.8 ft.what is the scale factor?

Answer 1

Scale Factor = 2.8

Explanation:

The scale factor is how many times LARGER is the enlarged pic.

We can divide the enlarged pic (16.8) by original (6) to get the scale factor:

Scale Factor =
`(16.8)/(6)=2.8`