Question

The first figure is dilated to form the second figure.

Which statement is true?


The scale factor is 0.25.

The scale factor is 4.

The scale factor is 4.35.

The scale factor is 7.25.
A diamond with a side length of 5.8. An arrow points to a smaller diamond with a side length of 1.45

Answer 1

The scale factor is 0.25

Explanation:

According to your explanation, Since the arrow with the diamond that has a side length 5.8 points to the diamond with the side length of 1.45 we are going from the big figure to the smaller figure. So that means our scale factor is going to be less than 1 so that out rules all answer except the first one. So the answer is A

But if you want to do the work, the the smaller length side and divide it by the bigger length side

`(1.45)/(5.8)`

Which equal

`0.25`