Asked by xen

If you want to dilate an isosceles right triangle with a hypotenuse of 18 yards, to create a dilated image with a hypotenuse of 12 yards, what scale factor should you use?(1 point)
Responses

6 yards

2/3 yard

2/3

3/2

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Scale factor = image length / original length = 12 / 18 = 2/3. So use 2/3 (a reduction).