Question

A circle has a radius of 4 feet. What is the radius of a bigger circle if the scale factor of the smaller to bigger is 4:9

Answer 1

9 feets

Explanation:

From the question, we have our scale factor as:

4:9 = 4/9

Smaller circle /Bigger circle = 4/9

A circle has a radius of 4 feet. What is the radius of a bigger circle?

Let the radius of the bigger circle = x

This is calculated as:

4/9 = 4/x

Cross Multiply

4x = 9 × 4

x = 36/4

x = 9 feet

Therefore, the radius of the bigger circle is 9 feet