Tess builds a sandbox in the shape of a hexagon. All the sides are 40 inches long. She takes a photo and prints it and in the photo the sides are 4 inches long. Identify the scale factor that was used. Express the answer as a decimal point.

Answer 1

To find the scale factor, we divide the length of the sides in the photo by the actual length of the sides.

The length of the sides in the photo is 4 inches.
The actual length of the sides is 40 inches.

The scale factor is 4/40 = 0.1.

Thus, the scale factor that was used is 0.1.