Question

For a certain font, the scale factor is 1.21 and one of the scale sizes is 1.772.

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

1.464

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Answer 2

The size of the next smaller scale wil about 1.464.

The scale factor represents the change between the different sizes. We multiply by it to increase and divide by it to reduce.

1.772 / 1.21 = 1.464