Question

1 in.

3.5 in.

5 in.

0.7 in.

Kamla draws the parallelogram on the left and then uses a scale factor to create the parallelogram on the right. All measurements are in inches. What scale factor does he use?

(1 point)

04

O 02

O 3.5

05

Answer 1

Kamla draws the parallelogram on the left and then uses a scale factor to create the parallelogram on the right. All measurements are in inches. What scale factor does he use?

Answer 2

Kamla draws the parallelogram on the left and then uses a scale factor to create the parallelogram on the right. All measurements are in inches. What scale factor does he use?
A. 5
B. 0.2
C. 4
D. 3.5

Answer 3

To determine the scale factor, we can compare the corresponding sides of the parallelograms on the left and right.

The corresponding sides are:
- Top side: 1 in. to 3.5 in.
- Right side: 3.5 in. to 5 in.
- Bottom side: 5 in. to 0.7 in.
- Left side: 0.7 in. to unknown

To find the scale factor, we divide the corresponding side lengths of the right parallelogram by the corresponding side lengths of the left parallelogram.

For the top side: 3.5 in. / 1 in. = 3.5
For the right side: 5 in. / 3.5 in. ≈ 1.43
For the bottom side: 0.7 in. / 5 in. = 0.14
For the left side: 0.7 in. / 1 in. = 0.7

Since the scale factor should be the same for all sides, we take the average of the scale factors calculated above:
(3.5 + 1.43 + 0.14 + 0.7) / 4 ≈ 1.4425

Therefore, the scale factor used by Kamla is approximately 1.4425, which is not listed as one of the provided answer choices. Please double-check the options or provide additional information.