Question

The right triangle on the right is a scaled copy of the right triangle on the left. Identify the scale factor. Express your answer as a whole number or fraction in simplest form. 5/2 5 6 12

Answer 1

The scale factor is;

`(1)/(2)\text{ or 0.5}`

Here, we want to get the scale factor of the compression

What we have to do is to compare similar sides

We simply divide a side on the smaller triangle by its corresponding side on the larger trianle

We have this as;

`(6)/(12)\text{ = }(1)/(2)`