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The photo below being enlarged to form a 16×20 inch print. What is the scale factor being used to enlarge it.

The photo below being enlarged to form a 16×20 inch print. What is the scale factor-example-1
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\begin{gathered} \text{scale factor = }\frac{\text{new length }}{\text{ initial length}} \\ =\frac{16in}{4in\text{ }}\text{ or }(20in)/(5in) \\ \\ =(4)/(1) \\ T\text{he scale factor is 4} \end{gathered}

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