Question

A Photografer in large is a picture to hang on the wall the original picture is 5 inches long and four wide the new picture is 22 inches long and 17.6 inches wide what scale factor did the photograph for you?

Answer 1

The photographer used a scale factor of 4.4.

Explanation:

1. If you divide the new length by the old length, you get 4.4

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  `22/5=4.4`

2. If you divide the new width by the old width, you also get 4.4

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  `17.6/4=4.4`

3. Therefore, 4.4 is the scale factor that the photographer used to increase the size of the photo.