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An illustration shows two parallelograms positioned in different ways. One shows the longer side along the base, and the other is tilted upward to the left, with a longer vertical side. The first parallelogram shows one parallel side as 5 inches and the adjacent side as 3.5 inches. The second parallelogram shows one parallel side as 0.7 inches and the adjacent vertical side as 1 inch.
Kamla draws the parallelogram on the left and then uses a scale factor to create the parallelogram on the right. All measurements are in inches. What scale factor does he use?
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Responses
4
4
5
5
3.5
3.5
0.2
The scale factor can be determined by comparing the lengths of the corresponding sides of the two parallelograms.
In the first parallelogram, the longer parallel side is 5 inches and in the second parallelogram, the corresponding longer parallel side is 0.7 inches.
Therefore, the scale factor can be calculated as:
Scale Factor = (length in the second parallelogram) / (length in the first parallelogram)
Scale Factor = 0.7 inches / 5 inches
Scale Factor = 0.14
Hence, the scale factor that Kamla uses is 0.14.