The number used to multiply the lengths of a figure to stretch or shrink it to a similar image.
If we use a scale factor of 3, all the corresponding lengths in the original side lengths will be multiplied by three.
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A scale factor requires two measures.
You find the scale factor on a triangle by dividing the short side by the long side.
If the scale factor is r, then the new area will be the area of the original multiplied by r^2
Every part of the original scales by the same scale factor. By using a segment of the original you will determine the scale factor by dividing the length of the image by the length of the original.
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