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Renee is making a scale diagram of her mp3 player. The length of her scale drawing is 8 inches, and the width is 14 inches. The actual length of the mp3 player is 4 centimeters, and the width is 7 centimeters. what is the scale factor?

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Answer: 2

Step-by-step explanation:

The scale factor is the ratio between the scale drawing measures and the actual measures.

scale drawing length 8 inches
scale factor = ratio = -------------------------------- = --------------- = 2
actual length 4 inches

Also,
scale drawing width 14 inches
scale factor = ratio = ----------------------------- = --------------- = 2
actual width 7 inces


As seen the scale factor is 2.
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