Question

For a certain font, the scale factor is 1.42 and one of the scale sizes is 2.863. What is the next smaller scale size? Enter your answer as a decimal in the box. Round your final answer to the thousandth.

Answer 1

2.016 is the answer, i took the quiz

Answer 2

2.016.

Explanation:

We have been given that for a certain font, the scale factor is 1.42 and one of the scale sizes is 2.863.

To find the next smaller scale size we will divide our given scale size by the given scale factor.

`\text{The next smaller scale size}=(2.863)/(1.42)`

`\text{The next smaller scale size}=2.01619718309859`

Upon rounding our answer to the nearest thousandth we will get,

`\text{The next smaller scale size}\approx 2.016`

Therefore, the next smaller scale size is 2.016.