The hypotenuse of a triangle was 19 cm and the hypotenuse of the final triangle was 4.75 cm. What is the scale factor?

Answer 1

The scale factor is calculated by dividing the length of the new hypotenuse by the length of the original hypotenuse:

Scale factor = new hypotenuse length / original hypotenuse length
Scale factor = 4.75 cm / 19 cm
Scale factor = 0.25

Therefore, the scale factor is 0.25.