tess builds a sandbox in yhe shaoe of a regular hexagon in which all the sides are 40 inches long she then takes a photo of the sandbox and prints the photo in the photo the sides of the hexagon are each 4 inches ling ifentify the scale factor that was used yo create the printed phito of the sandbox

Answer 1

To find the scale factor used to create the printed photo of the sandbox, you can use the lengths of the sides of the original sandbox and the printed sides.

1. Original side length: 40 inches
2. Printed side length: 4 inches

The scale factor can be calculated by dividing the printed length by the original length:

\[ \text{Scale factor} = \frac{\text{Printed side length}}{\text{Original side length}} = \frac{4 \text{ inches}}{40 \text{ inches}} = \frac{1}{10} \]

So, the scale factor used to create the printed photo of the sandbox is \( \frac{1}{10} \).