Question

Hayden likes building radio-control sailboats with his dad.One of the sails shaped like a triangle has side lengths measuring 6 inches 8 inches and 10 inches. To log her activity Hayden creates and collects drawings of all the boats she and her father built together. Using the scale factor of 1/4 creat a scale drawing of the sail.

Answer 1

1.5 inches ; 2 inches ; 2.5 inches

Explanation:

Given that the original measurement of the triangular sail is :

6 inches, 8 inches and 10 inches

Scale factor = 1/4

Hence, scaled diagram of the triangular sail :

1/4 * (6 inches, 8 inches, 10 inches)

1/4 * 6 = 1.5 inches

1/4 * 8 = 2 inches

1/4 * 10 = 2.5 inches