To find the scale factor, we can compare the side lengths of the left parallelogram to the side lengths of the right parallelogram.
The left parallelogram has a length of 5 inches and a width of 3.5 inches.
The right parallelogram has a length of 1 inch and a width of 0.7 inches.
To find the scale factor for the length, we divide the length of the right parallelogram by the length of the left parallelogram:
1 / 5 = 0.2
To find the scale factor for the width, we divide the width of the right parallelogram by the width of the left parallelogram:
0.7 / 3.5 = 0.2
Since both the length and width scale factors are 0.2, we can conclude that the overall scale factor is 0.2.
Kamla draws the parallelogram on the left and then uses a scale factor to create the parallelogram on the right. All measurements are in inches. What scale factor does he use? the left one is 3.5 by 5 the right one is 1 by 0.7
5
0.2
4
3.5
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