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What is the definition of scale factor?
The scale factor between two similar shapes is the ratio of the dimensions of one (often the smaller) compared with the dimension of the other (the larger).
How does a scale factor relate to a scale factor?
Tautologically!
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 term in geometry is in this definition Two figures are similar if and only if they have all their corresponding scale factor are congruentand all their corresponding are proportional?
Not sure about geometry but the definition contains a redundant repetition.
How does the scale factor apply to the area?
The areas are related by the square of the scale factor.
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