Question

What is the scale factor from the original triangle to its copy as a percent?

The picture is down below.

Answer 1

scale factor = 20%

Explanation:

A scale factor is a multiplier which can be used to determine the rate between two or more dimensions.

In the given figure, the sides of the original triangle is 5 times greater than that of the copy. Thus,

the scale factor =
`(copy length)/(original length)` x 100%

=
`(1)/(5)` x 100%

= 20%

The scale factor of the original triangle to its copy is 20%. This implies that the dimensions of the original triangle are multiplied by 20% to determine that of the corresponding copy triangle. Thus, we scale down the dimensions of the original triangle by 20%.