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If fg=3/4 miles and Lm=1.5 miles then the scale factor for the dials toon is ?

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Answer:
Scale factor is 0.5

Step-by-step explanation:
I will assume that:
LM is the original distance
FG is the dilated distance

The dilation can be found using the following the general rule:
dilated quantity = scale factor * original quantity

In the given, we have:
dilated distance = 0.75 miles
original distance = 1.5 miles

Substitute with the givens in the above equation to get the scale factor as follows:
0.75 = scale factor * 1.5
scale factor =
(1.5)/(0.75) = 0.5

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