Question

The unit Rate as a Scale FactorEsther likes building radio-controlled sailboats with her father. One of the sails, shaped like a right triangle, has side lengths measuring 6 inches, 8 inches, and 10 inches. To log her activity, Esther creates and collects drawings of all the boats she and her father built together. Using the scale factor 1/4 ,create a scale drawing of the sail

Answer 1

We were told that one of the sails, shaped like a right triangle, has side lengths measuring 6 inches, 8 inches, and 10 inches. If a scale drawing is to be made with s scale factor of 1/4, it means that the dimensions of the triangle would be multiplied by 1/4 to get the dimensions of the scale drawing. Thus, the dimensions of the scale drawing would be

6 * 1/4 = 3/2

8 * 1/4 = 2

10 * 1/4 = 5/2

Thus, the dimensions of the sail on the drawing would be

3/2 inches, 2 inches and 5/2 inches. The triangle is shown below