Use the image to answer the question.
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
5
3.5
0.2
To find the scale factor, we need to compare the corresponding sides of the two parallelograms.
For the first parallelogram, we have a parallel side of 5 inches and an adjacent side of 3.5 inches.
For the second parallelogram, we have a parallel side of 0.7 inches and an adjacent side of 1 inch.
To find the scale factor, we divide the corresponding sides of the second parallelogram by the corresponding sides of the first parallelogram.
Scale factor = (0.7 inches / 5 inches) = 0.14
Therefore, the scale factor Kamla uses is 0.14.