Question

The right triangle on the right is a scaled copy of the right triangle on the left. Identify the scale factor. Express your answer as a whole number or fraction in simplest form. 5/2 5 6 12

Answer 1

The scale factor is;

$\frac{1}{2}\text{ or 0.5}$

Here, we want to get the scale factor of the compression

What we have to do is to compare similar sides

We simply divide a side on the smaller triangle by its corresponding side on the larger trianle

We have this as;

$\frac{6}{12}\text{ = }\frac{1}{2}$