Question

The hypotenuse of a triangle was
5
5 cm and the hypotenuse of the final triangle was
3.25
3.25 cm. What is the scale factor?

Answer 1

To find the scale factor, we can divide the length of the final hypotenuse by the length of the original hypotenuse.
Therefore, the scale factor is 3.25 cm / 5 cm = 0.65.