Question

Figure 1 is dilated to get Figure 2.

What is the scale factor?

Enter your answer as a fraction, in simplified form, in the box.

Answer 1

scale factor is just the ratio between corresponding sides of a figure.  that scale factor from figure 1 to figure 2 is just the ratio between sides.  3/18 or 1/6,  or 6/1... just depending on if you are going bigger to smaller or smaller to bigger.

Answer 2

The scale factor is equal to
`(1)/(6)`

Explanation:

we know that

If two figures are similar then the ratio of its corresponding sides is called the scale factor

Let

z-----> the scale factor

x-----> the corresponding side of Figure 2

y-----> the corresponding side of Figure 1

so

`z=(x)/(y)`

we have

`x=3\ units`

`y=18\ units`

substitute

`z=(3)/(18)`

simplify

`z=(1)/(6)`