The hypotenus of a triangle was 15 cm and the hypotenus of the final triangle was 7.5 cm. What is the scale factor

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

Scale factor = 7.5 cm / 15 cm = 0.5

Therefore, the scale factor between the two triangles is 0.5.