it is the rate at which something grows
ie: 2 4 8 16 32 factor of 2 rate is times 2
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The scale factor is usually stated as a linear enlargement factor. Therefore, the area enlargement factor is the square of the scale factor, in this instance, 9. The area of the original drawing was thus 396/9 = 44 cm2.
An enlargement with a scale factor of 0.
Reflection over a point is equivalent to enlargement with the same point as the focus of enlargement and a scale factor of -1.
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Yes. When a shape is enlarged the scale factor gives the ratio between corresponding lengths of the enlargement and the original.