The hypotenuse of a triangle was

Question

8
8 cm and the hypotenuse of the final triangle was
6.4
6.4 cm. What is the scale factor?

Answer 1

The scale factor is found by dividing the length of the hypotenuse of the final triangle by the length of the hypotenuse of the original triangle.

In this case:

\[ \text{Scale factor} = \frac{\text{Hypotenuse of final triangle}}{\text{Hypotenuse of original triangle}} = \frac{6.4 , \text{cm}}{8 , \text{cm}} = 0.8 \]

So, the scale factor is \(0.8\).