Emily designs a piece of jewelry in the shape of a regular pentagon each side of the object measures 3 cm Emily photograph the object in large is it so that each side measures 8 cm and print the photo what scale factor did emily used to create the photograph from the original

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To determine the scale factor, we need to compare the measurements of the sides of the original pentagon and the photograph.

The original pentagon has sides measuring 3 cm each. The photograph has sides measuring 8 cm each.

So, the scale factor can be found by dividing the length of the photograph's side (8 cm) by the length of the original pentagon's side (3 cm):

Scale factor = 8 cm / 3 cm = 2.67 (rounded to two decimal places)

Therefore, Emily used a scale factor of approximately 2.67 to create the photograph from the original jewelry design.