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Two triangles are similar. The dimensions of the first are 7, 8, and 10, while the dimensions of the second one are 3.5, 4, and 5. The scale factor used to get from the first triangle to the second one
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Two triangles are similar. The dimensions of the first are 7, 8, and 10, while the dimensions of the second one are 3.5, 4, and 5. The scale factor used to get from the first triangle to the second one is what?

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that made no sense your just writing the numbers down in another format

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The scale factor used is .5 because 7, 8, and 10 multiplied by .5 will equal 3.5, 4, and 5.
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