A board game uses a triangular piece measuring 3 inches on each side. The travel version of the game uses a smaller piece of of 0.5 on each side. Identify the scale factor used to make the travel piece.
The scale factor used to make the travel piece can be determined by dividing the length of the smaller piece by the length of the original piece.
For the travel version, the length of each side of the smaller piece is 0.5 inches.
For the original version, the length of each side of the triangular piece is 3 inches.
Therefore, the scale factor used to make the travel piece is:
0.5 inches รท 3 inches = 0.1667 (rounded to four decimal places)
To find the scale factor used to make the travel piece, we need to divide the length of the larger piece by the length of the smaller piece.
For the triangular piece in the regular board game, the length of each side is 3 inches.
For the triangular piece in the travel version, the length of each side is 0.5 inches.
The scale factor is calculated by dividing the length of the larger piece by the length of the smaller piece:
Scale factor = Length of larger piece / Length of smaller piece
Scale factor = 3 inches / 0.5 inches
Calculating this division gives us:
Scale factor = 6
Therefore, the scale factor used to make the travel piece is 6.