Question

"Jeff Bezos needs 1000 ft of fence to surround his backyard. Mr. Booth has a similar, but much smaller backyard with a scale factor of 3/5. How many feet of fence does Mr. Booth need?"

Answer 1

Mr. Booth need 600 feet

Explanation:

The scale factor is the ratio of the length of one side of one figure to the length of the corresponding side of the other figure, therefore:

`1000\cdot(3)/(5)=600`