The rectangle shown is reduced by a scale factor of 0.5 AB= 16 and AC=6.

Question

A___15cm______B

8cm

C______________D
Calculate the length of each side of the reduced image. Draw the new image A' B' D' C'

Answer 1

if the scale is 0.5
then each new length is half the old one
16 becomes 8
and
6 becomes 3