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 obtained by dividing the length of the sides in the photo by the actual length of the sides.
In this case, the sides of the sandbox in the photo are 4 inches long, while the actual sides of the sandbox are 40 inches long.
So, the scale factor is 4/40 = 0.1.
Therefore, the scale factor that was used to create the printed photo of the sandbox is 0.1.