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A picture is 3 inches wide and 5 inches long. A photographer enlarges it so it is 16.5 inches wide and 27.5 inches long. What scale factor was used to enlarge the picture?

3 over 16.5
16.5 over 3
3 over 5
5 over 3

User JenB
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Answer:16.5/3

Explanation:

User Dylan Meador
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Answer:

Enlarge 16.5/3

Explanation:

16.5/3.5 = 5.5 width

27.5/5 = 5.5 length

Ratio 1:5.5

User Jiaming Lu
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