A television has a rectangular screen that measures 16 inches by 9 inches. A second television has a screen measuring 24 inches by 13.5 inches. What scale factor was used to create the second television screen? (1 point)

Answer 1

The scale factor can be found by dividing the corresponding side lengths of the two screens.

For the length, the scale factor is 24/16 = 1.5.
For the width, the scale factor is 13.5/9 = 1.5.

Therefore, the scale factor used to create the second television screen is 1.5.

Answer 2

The fraction answer is one and a half

Answer 3

Yes, you are correct. The scale factor can also be expressed as a fraction, which in this case is 1.5 or 3/2.