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Question from tonya, a parent: What is the scale factor for the two figures regular octagon with 15 and 9 written in decimal form |
Hi Tonya,
I imagine an image that is something like his.
I am going to assume that the numbers 9 and 15 are the lengths of the sides of the respective octagons. A scale factor is between lengths so going from the smaller octagon to the larger the scale factor would be the number $k$ so that $9 \times k = 15.$ Hence
\[k = \frac{15}{9} = \frac{5}{3}.\]
Let me know if my assumption is incorrect.
Penny
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