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Surveying and land use jobs which use a map to scale. Also construction jobs will use plans of the building which are drawn to scale with a stated scale factor.
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Scott Farquhar
Scott Farquhar
You need to have scale for Architecture
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What is the scale factor of 24 ft?
A scale factor requires two measures.
What is Scale Factor?
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.
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.
How does scale factor relate to area?
If the scale factor is r, then the new area will be the area of the original multiplied by r^2
How can you determine the scale factor of a dilation by looking at a segment and its image?
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.
How do you use the scale factor of a triangle to enlarge it?
The way you use a scale factor to enlarge a triangle is to multiply each side of the triangle by that scale factor. Your triangle will then be that many times larger.
What jobs use scale drawings?
constuction workers, architects, and drafters also map-makers
What scale factor would you use to enlarge a 4 by 6 into an 18 times 27 photo?
a scale factor of 4.5 is your answer
How can you use scale factor to find a new perimeter and area?
New perimeter = old perimeter*scale factor New area = Old area*scale factor2
What opperation do you use whene a scale factor is given to you?
multiplication
How do you dilate a scale factor?
You increase the scale factor.
How does a scale factor relate to a scale factor?
Tautologically!
What are the relationship between the area scale factor and the side length scale factor of similar figures?
The area scale factor is the square of the side length scale factor.
What jobs use prime factor decomposition?
Math teachers
When dilating a triangle to enlarge the triangle you must use a scale factor that is 1 1 equals 1 equals 0?
No, there cannot be a zero in any scale factor.
How does scale factor relate to perimeter?
Scale factor and perimeter are related because if the scale factor is 2, then the perimeter will be doubled. So whatever the scale factor is, that is how many times the perimeter will be enlarged.
What is the scale factor of a 3 sided shape?
1 shape cannot have a scale factor. A scale factor is something (a factor) that relates one shape to another.
