Homework Help: MATH

Posted by Tiffany on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 1:57pm.

a picture measures 16inches wide by 20inches long. if the frame is to be 20inches wide, what is the scale factor of the frame as a dilation of the picture, and what is the length of the frame?

MATH - Damon, Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 4:29pm
scale factor = 20/16 = 5/4

length = 20 *5/4 = 25

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