Question

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A rectangle that is 2 inches by 3 inches has been scaled by a factor of 4.
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Suppose you want to scale the copy back to its original size. What scale factor should you use ?? ___________________________________________

Answer 1

so the original factors are 2 and 3. if it’s scaled by a factor of 4, you would multiple those to numbers by 4 to get the new rectangle.

answer: 8 by 12 inches

Answer 2

1/4

Explanation:

A scale factor of 4 multiplies every side length by 4 to produce the new scaled rectangle. To go back to the original size, you need every side length to be divided by 4. Dividing by 4 is the same as multiplying by 1/4. The scale factor is 1/4.

Answer: 1/4