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A scale factor tells how much the lengths in one diagram must be multiplied by to get the same lengths in a second.
One diagram could be a map and the second the real world!
To calculate the scale factor, measure the corresponding lengths in the same units and then divide the length of the second diagram by the length of the first diagram; this will give you the scale factor to convert the first diagram into the second diagram.
For example, if you were to draw a map of you street, you may decide that 2 centimetres on the map will represent 1 metre in the real world.
The ratio here is 2 cm : 1 m.
However, 1 m = 100 cm which means that the ratio is 2 cm : 100 cm
which is a scale factor of 100 cm ÷ 2 cm = 50.
Another example: if you have two similar triangles and the corresponding sides measure as 5cm in the first triangle and 2 cm in the second, the scale factor is 2 cm ÷ 5 cm = 2/5 or 0.4
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How do you figure out the scale factor of a circle?
how do you find the scale factor of two circles
How do you find the scale factor of a cylinder?
how to do a scale factor of cylinder is that you find the base and the height and the length of A area hope you like my examples.
How can you find the scale factor from a smaller figure to the larger figure using the scale factor?
The two scale factors are reciprocals of one another.
How 2 find scale factor?
A scale factor of 2 means everything is shown in half the size of the original.
How do you find a scale factor of a triangle?
To find the scale factor of two triangles, look first for one pair of corresponding sides--one side from the smaller triangle and the corresponding side from the larger triangle. Divide the larger side length by the smaller side length, and that quotient is your scale factor.
How do you find the scale factor in math?
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How do you find a scale factor?
A scale Factor is Algbrea so you have to... x - + and/or divided.
How do you figure out the scale factor of a circle?
how do you find the scale factor of two circles
How do you find the scale factor of a triangle?
You find the scale factor on a triangle by dividing the short side by the long side.
Perimeter ratio 100 and find scale factor?
The linear scale factor is 100.
How do you find the scale factor of a cylinder?
how to do a scale factor of cylinder is that you find the base and the height and the length of A area hope you like my examples.
How to find the scale factor within two polygons?
Finding the scale factor for two polygons is simple to do. All you have to do is find the angles in a rectangle.
How can you find the scale factor from a smaller figure to the larger figure using the scale factor?
The two scale factors are reciprocals of one another.
How 2 find scale factor?
A scale factor of 2 means everything is shown in half the size of the original.
How do you find the scale factor of dilation?
The scale factor is the ratio of any side of the image and the corresponding side of the original figure.
How do you find the scale factor of a 2 dimensional figure?
You need information about a pre-image AND and image to work out a scale factor.
How do you find a scale factor of a pentagon?
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