Tess builds a sandbox in the shape of a regular hexagon in which all the sides are 40 inches long. She then takes a photo of the sandbox and prints the photo. In the photo, the sides of the hexagon are each 4 inches long. Identify the scale factor that was used to create the printed photo of the sandbox. Express your answer as a decimal.(1 point)
The scale factor is determined by comparing the lengths of corresponding sides on the original object and the photo.
In this case, the length of each side on the original sandbox is 40 inches, while the length of each side in the printed photo is 4 inches.
The scale factor can be calculated by dividing the length of each side in the photo by the length of each side on the original object:
Scale factor = (Length of each side in photo) / (Length of each side on original object) = 4 inches / 40 inches = 0.1
Therefore, the scale factor used to create the printed photo of the sandbox is 0.1.