The hypotenuse of a triangle was 14 cm and the hypotenuse of the final triangle was 2.1 cm what is the scale factor

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To find the scale factor, we need to divide the length of the final hypotenuse by the length of the original hypotenuse.

Scale factor = final hypotenuse / original hypotenuse

Scale factor = 2.1 cm / 14 cm

Scale factor ≈ 0.15

Therefore, the scale factor is approximately 0.15.