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The dimensions of a photo of a mountain bike are 15cm by 12cm. An enlargement is to be made for a poster with dimensions 4.0m by 3.2m.
What is the scale factor of the poster to the nearest tenth?
The dimensions of a photo of a mountain bike are 15cm by 12cm. An enlargement is to be made for a poster with dimensions 4.0m by 3.2m.
What is the scale factor of the poster to the nearest tenth?
Answers
Damon
15 cm = .15 m
4.0 m / .15 m = 26 2/3 to 1
similarly
3.2 m / .12 m = 26 2/3 to 1
26 2/3 / 1 = 26.7/1
4.0 m / .15 m = 26 2/3 to 1
similarly
3.2 m / .12 m = 26 2/3 to 1
26 2/3 / 1 = 26.7/1