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Q: What jobs use scale factor?
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What jobs use scale factor in them?

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.


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 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


What jobs use prime factor decomposition?

Math teachers


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.


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.