Question

I need a little better explanation and help on this question

Answer 1

I will assume that the diameter of a real basketball is 30 cm

and the diameter in the drawing of the basketball is 5 cm

To find out the scale factor

you must divide the measure in the drawing by the measure in the real

so

scale factor=5/30

scale factor=1/6

that means

1 cm in the drawing represent 6 cm in the real

or

the measure of the real is six times the mesure in the drawing