Question

Cody is a professional nature photographer. He takes a photo of a spiderweb and print a copy the original dimensions of his copy or 12“ x 8“ Cody wants to email a smaller scale drawing of the original photo to his friends which dimensions represents a smaller scale, drawing of the original printed photo how do I figure this out?

Answer 1

To create a smaller scale drawing of the original photo that maintains its proportions, you can choose any smaller dimensions than the original 12" x 8".

To figure out a smaller scale, you can use a scale factor. For example, if you decide to use a scale factor of 0.5 (which is half the size), you would multiply both dimensions by 0.5:

1. Width: 12" × 0.5 = 6"
2. Height: 8" × 0.5 = 4"

So, a smaller scale drawing would be 6" x 4".

You can choose different scale factors as long as both dimensions are reduced while maintaining the same aspect ratio. Here are a few more examples of smaller dimensions:

- Scale factor of 0.75:
- Width: 12" × 0.75 = 9"
- Height: 8" × 0.75 = 6"

Resulting dimensions: 9" x 6"

- Scale factor of 0.25:
- Width: 12" × 0.25 = 3"
- Height: 8" × 0.25 = 2"

Resulting dimensions: 3" x 2"

Choose any scale factor less than 1 and calculate accordingly to get your smaller drawing dimensions!