Tees 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
The scale factor can be calculated by dividing the length of the corresponding sides in the photo by the length of the sides in the actual sandbox. In this case, the length of the sides in the photo is 4 inches and the length of the sides in the actual sandbox is 40 inches.
Scale factor = length in photo / length in actual
Scale factor = 4 inches / 40 inches
Scale factor = 0.1
So, the scale factor used to create the printed photo of the sandbox is 0.1.