Question

The unit rate as a scale factor1) Your family recently had a family portrait done. Your aunt asks you to take a photo of the portrait using your phone and send it to her. If the original portrait is 3 feet by 3 feet and the scale factor is 1/18, draw the scale drawing that would be the size of the portrait on yourphone.

Answer 1

Multiply each measure by the scale factor:

Length = 3 x 1/18 = 1/6 = 0.1667

Width = 3 x 1/18 = 1/6 = 0.1667