Question

Determine the scale factor for triangle ABC to triangle A'B'C. Triangle ABC is 5in and triangle A'B'C is 10inch

Answer 1

It would have been helpful to have some more detail but the answer would have to be between 2 and 3 inches.

Answer 2

Scaling factor is 2 for triangle ABC to triangle A'B'C'.

Explanation:

Given : Side of triangle ABC is 5 inch and side of triangle A'B'C' is 10 inch.

We have to Determine the scale factor for triangle ABC to triangle A'B'C'.

Scaling factor is a number that is multiplied by the original value to find the dilation of the figure. If scaling factor is less than 1 then figure decreases from its original size and if scaling factor is greater than 1 then figure increases from its original size.

Scaling factor =
`(new\ side)/(original\ side)`

Given Side of triangle ABC is 5 inch and side of triangle A'B'C' is 10 inch

Scaling factor =
`(10)/(5)=2`

Thus, Scaling factor is 2 for triangle ABC to triangle A'B'C'.