Rachel wants to reduce the size of her photo. Which factor listed
below would scale down (reduce) the size of her picture the most? (Hint what answer choice is he smallest)
Group of answer choices
a.5/8
b.11/16
c.3/4
d.8/5
which fraction is the smallest?
Clearly not B, since that would enlarge the photo
convert the others to decimals to make comparisons easy
To determine which factor would scale down the size of Rachel's photo the most, we would need to identify the smallest factor among the options provided.
Let's compare the answer choices:
a. 5/8
b. 11/16
c. 3/4
d. 8/5
To find the smallest factor, we can convert each fraction into decimal form:
a. 5/8 = 0.625
b. 11/16 = 0.6875
c. 3/4 = 0.75
d. 8/5 = 1.6
From the decimal values, we can see that the smallest factor is 0.625, which corresponds to option a.
Therefore, option a (5/8) would scale down (reduce) the size of Rachel's photo the most.