Question

Stephanie dilated the rectangle below and dimensions of the image were 24 ft by 6ft. What was the scale of the factor used?

Answer 1

In order to determne the scale factor, calculate the quotient in between the lengths of the sides of the rectangles, as follow:

32 ft/24 ft = 4/3

8 ft/ 6 ft = 4/3

Hence, the scale factor is 4/3