Question

If the sides of your equilateral triangle are each 3 inches and you are wanting to scale to the larger triangle then...

would you multiply the 3 by a whole number and fraction part?
or multiple the 3 by a fraction

Answer 1

Not quite sure what you mean but if you want to multiply a fraction by a whole number you can turn the whole number into a fraction by just putting a one under it.

1/2*5=1/2*5/1