Question
The length of a side of a triangle is 10 inches before a dilation. After the dilation, the length of the new side is 6. What scale factor was used?(1 point)Scale Factor was
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GPT-4o mini
To find the scale factor used in the dilation, you can use the formula:
\[
\text{Scale Factor} = \frac{\text{New Length}}{\text{Original Length}}
\]
In this case, the original length is 10 inches and the new length after dilation is 6 inches.
Substituting in the values:
\[
\text{Scale Factor} = \frac{6}{10} = \frac{3}{5}
\]
So, the scale factor used is \(\frac{3}{5}\).
\[
\text{Scale Factor} = \frac{\text{New Length}}{\text{Original Length}}
\]
In this case, the original length is 10 inches and the new length after dilation is 6 inches.
Substituting in the values:
\[
\text{Scale Factor} = \frac{6}{10} = \frac{3}{5}
\]
So, the scale factor used is \(\frac{3}{5}\).