Figure 1 is dilated to get Figure 2.

What is the scale factor?

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Two diamonds with the same shape but different sizes. One diamond has a side measured at 10 units and is labeled figure 1. The other diamond has the corresponding side measured at 24 units and is labeled figure 2.

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natetheman7740 natetheman7740 · Answer 1 · 2018-02-07T15:45:29+01:00

I'm pretty sure it's 5 over 10! Hope I helped =)

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eurydike eurydike · Answer 2 · 2018-08-20T14:37:29+02:00

Given two diamonds with same shape but different sizes.

The side given of one diamond = 10 units.

And the corresponding side of the other diamond = 24 units.

To find the scale factor of them, we need to find the ratio of the sides.

So here scale factor = [tex] 10:24 [/tex] = [tex] \frac{10}{24} [/tex]

Now we have to simplify the fraction. We can simplify it by dividing the numerator and denominator by a common factor of it.

The common factor of 10 and 24 is 2. If we divide 10 by 2, we will get 5 and if we divide 24 by 2, we will get 12.

So we will get,

[tex] \frac{10}{24} = \frac{5}{12} [/tex]

We have got the required answer.

The scale factor is [tex] \frac{5}{12} [/tex].