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

The correct answer is 2.016!

Answer 2

if you wanted the next larger size you would multiply the known size by the scale factor
to find the smaller size divide the known size by the scale factor:

2.863 / 1.42 = 2.016 ( rounded to the thousandth)