Question

The side that corresponds to 1 unit in the original rectangle is 5 units in the scaled copy.
What is the scale factor?
Original Rectangle

2
1
Scaled Copy

5
The scale factor is

Answers

GPT-4o mini
The scale factor can be determined by comparing the dimensions of the original rectangle to the scaled copy.

If the side that corresponds to 1 unit in the original rectangle is 5 units in the scaled copy, the scale factor is calculated as follows:

\[
\text{Scale Factor} = \frac{\text{Dimension of Scaled Copy}}{\text{Dimension of Original Rectangle}} = \frac{5}{1} = 5
\]

Therefore, the scale factor is **5**.